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. …

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 …

the theory by presenting a framework encompassing both network and herd effects, and by delineating various types of … on the migrant?s decision of where to migrate. Moreover, the significance and size of the effects vary according to the …

?other people?, such as family and friends, are migrants, former migrants, or potential migrants themselves. We examine the …

alcohol problems than men who stayed. For women, we again see a higher incidence of alcohol problems for short-term migrants …. However, long-term female migrants are less likely to have suffered from alcohol problems. …

This paper explores the existence of network effects in migrants' remittance behavior. In this study, networks are …

Netherlands, which implies that all migrants are (self)-employed at the time of arrival. We find that many migrants leave the … the dynamics. Microsimulations of synthetic cohorts reveal that many migrants experience unemployment spells, but ten … only increase the unemployment among migrants but also departure from the country. Scenarios also indicate that an increase …

former migrants in Sweden. Do they have work and if so what kind of work? In which parts of Sweden do they live? In this …