Migration networks are usually captured by the number of people from the migrant?s country in the host region. Using …-village-specific variables on migrants? location choice. …

on the migrant?s decision of where to migrate. Moreover, the significance and size of the effects vary according to the …

language proficiency of migrants. These studies, however, ignore the choice of location as a function of language skills. Using … data on Mexican migration to the US, we show that migrants choose smaller networks as their English language proficiency …