Does a high regional concentration of immigrants of the same ethnicity affect immigrant children's acquisition of host …-country language skills and educational attainment? We exploit the exogenous placement of guest workers from five ethnicities across … exposure to a higher own-ethnic concentration impairs immigrant children's host-country language proficiency and increases …

We examine the impact of language training on the economic integration of immigrants in France. The assignment to this … test score of an initial language exam is below a certain threshold. This eligibility rule creates a discontinuity in the … increases labor force participation of the treated individuals. The language classes appear to have a larger effect for labor …

immigrants' children substantially. This disparity is largest when conditioning on the language spoken at home, and prevails even …In this study, I provide evidence that the educational achievement of second-generation immigrants in German …-speaking Switzerland is greater than in Germany. The impact of the first-generation immigrants' destination decision on their offspring …

immigrants, but low levels of cooperation toward natives. The introduction of birthright citizenship caused male, but not female …, immigrants to significantly increase their cooperativeness toward natives. This effect is accompanied by a near-closure of the …

many immigrant-receiving countries, immigrants are less likely than the native-born to enroll their children in preschool …

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 …

We examine peer effects in welfare use among immigrants to Sweden by exploiting a governmental refugee placement policy …

associated with early kindergarten attendance, particularly for immigrants. Time of tracking loses statistical significance when …