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Enclaves, Language and the Location Choice of Migrants
Bauer, Thomas K.; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2002
Empirical studies in the migration literature have shown that migration enclaves (networks) negatively affect the … data on Mexican migration to the US, we show that migrants choose smaller networks as their English language proficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262689
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The employees of native and immigrant self-employed
Andersson, Pernilla; Wadensjö, Eskil - 2007
Using unique register data for Sweden we can match self-employed persons to their employees. We analyze the national composition of the employees and ask if self-employed immigrants mainly employ workers from their home region and if self-employed natives mainly employ native workers. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268169
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What are Migration Networks?
Bauer, Thomas K.; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2000
Migration networks are usually captured by the number of people from the migrant?s country in the host region. Using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272878
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Herd Effects or Migration Networks? The Location Choice of Mexican Immigrants in the U.S.
Bauer, Thomas K.; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2002
inverse U shape, not simply a linear positive effect as often presented in the literature. Neglecting herds and/or networks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272879
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Immigrant networks and the take-up of disability programs: Evidence from US census data
Furtado, Delia; Theodoropoulos, Nikolaos - 2012
This paper examines the role of ethnic networks in disability program take-up among working-age immigrants in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283940
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Enclaves, language and the location choice of migrants
Bauer, Thomas; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2002
Empirical studies in the migration literature have shown that migration enclaves (networks) negatively affect the … data on Mexican migration to the US, we show that migrants choose smaller networks as their English language proficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318352
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The Economics of Co-ethnic Employment; Incentives, Welfare Effects and Policy Options
den Butter, Frank A.G.; Masurel, Enno; Mosch, Robert - 2004
for employees to work in co-ethnic firms. It argues that strong social networks and related high intra-group trust …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325357
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Enclaves, language and the location choice of migrants
Bauer, Thomas K.; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2002
Empirical studies in the migration literature have shown that migration enclaves (networks) negatively affect the … data on Mexican migration to the US, we show that migrants choose smaller networks as their English language proficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011412790
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Spain : from massive immigration to vast emigration?
Izquierdo, Mario; Jimeno, Juan F.; Lacuesta, Aitor - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 5 (2016) 10, pp. 1-20
. Finally, we will use these estimations to conjecture that the rapid creation of networks of Spaniards abroad might keep their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479760
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World migration degree : global migration flow in directed networks
Porat, Idan; Benguigui, Lucien - 2014
new form. We propose a new approach to the world migration phenomenon as two complex directed networks (immigration and … reliable data and statistics. Here we analyze the migration networks of 216 destination and source countries and territories …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011505793