Battisti, Michele
[VerfasserIn]
;
Peri, Giovanni
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft];
Romiti, Agnese
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]
Dynamic Effects of Co-Ethnic Networks on Immigrants' Economic Success
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Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments July 2016 erstellt
Beschreibung:
This paper investigates how the size of co-ethnic networks at the time of arrival affect the economic success of immigrants in Germany. Applying panel analysis with a large set of fixed effects and controls, we isolate the association between initial network size and long-run immigrant outcomes. we also look at those who were assigned to an initial location independently of their choice allows a causal interpretation of our estimates. We find that immigrants initially located in places with larger co-ethnic networks are more likely to be employed at first, but have a lower probability of investing in human capital