Using survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this study shows that immigrants living in segregated … areas where most neighbors are immigrants from the same country of origin as the surveyed person and segregated areas where … most neighbors are immigrants from other countries of origin. The results suggest that housing discrimination rather than …

It is widely debated whether immigrants who live among co-ethnics are less willing to integrate into the host society … immigrants' inter-ethnic contact networks and social activities, we are able to identify the causal effect of ethnic … concentration on social integration. The exogenous placement of immigrants "switches off" observable and unobservable differences in …

the language proficiency of immigrants by exploiting the fact that the initial placement of guest-workers after WWII was … several data sets, we find a small but robust and significant negative effect of ethnic concentration on immigrants' language … presence of the effect. Immigrants with high learning costs are inclined to move to ethnic enclaves, so that the share of …

This paper studies the determinants of naturalization among Turkish and ex-Yugoslav immigrants in Germany … characteristics. A robust finding is that German citizenship is very valuable to female immigrants and the generally better educated … citizenship acquisition. Likewise, ethnic origins and religion also influence these decisions. Muslim immigrants in Germany are …

Immigrants are much less likely to own their homes than natives, even after controlling for a broad range of life … suggests that immigrants with a stronger commitment to the host country are more likely to achieve homeownership for a given …

We empirically assess the relationship between cultural assimilation and subjective well-being of immigrants by using …-economic conditions of the respondents. We find that the more immigrants identify with the German culture and fluently speak the national …

segregation and immigrants' satisfaction with the neighborhood. The estimates show that immigrants living in segregated areas are …

with other variables such as income, self-employment, or East German origin. …