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Migration Networks and Location Decisions : Evidence from U.S. Mass Migration
Stuart, Bryan A. - 2019
This paper studies how birth town migration networks affected long-run location decisions during historical U.S. migration episodes. We develop a new method to estimate the strength of migration networks for each receiving and sending location. Our estimates imply that when one randomly chosen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012859783
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Migration networks and location decisions : evidence from U.S. mass migration
Stuart, Bryan A.; Taylor, Evan J. - 2019
This paper studies how birth town migration networks affected long-run location decisions during historical U.S. migration episodes. We develop a new method to estimate the strength of migration networks for each receiving and sending location. Our estimates imply that when one randomly chosen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012127192
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Cities and the structure of social interactions : evidence from mobile phone data
Büchel, Konstantin; Ehrlich, Maximilian von - 2017
Social interactions are considered pivotal to agglomeration economies. We explore a unique dataset on mobile phone calls to examine how distance and population density shape the structure of social interactions. Exploiting an exogenous change in travel times, we show that distance is highly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688211
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Involuntary migration, context of reception, and social mobility : the case of Vietnamese refugee resettlement in the United States
Bankston, Carl L., III.; Zhou, Min - 2018
In this study, we examine the Vietnamese population of the United States as a case study in the integration of a refugee group in a host country. We approach this case in three parts. We first offer a brief review of Vietnamese refugee resettlement in the US and the making of a new ethnic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011789044
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Urban interactions
Kim, Jung Sung; Patacchini, Eleonora; Picard, Pierre M.; … - 2017
This paper studies social-tie formation when individuals care about the geographical location of other individuals. In our model, the intensity of social interactions can be chosen at the same time as friends. We characterize the equilibrium in terms of both social interactions and social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011754242
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Assimilation through marriage
Epstein, Gil S.; Lindner Pomerantz, Renana - 2012
culture will not survive over time. In the second case the local culture will survive. We show the conditions for assimilation … versus no assimilation between the groups. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335974
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Assimilation through marriage
Epstein, Gil S.; Lindner Pomerantz, Renana - 2012
culture will not survive over time. In the second case the local culture will survive. We show the conditions for assimilation … versus no assimilation between the groups. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289852
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Language proficiency and homeownership : evidence from U.S. immigrants
Luik, Marc-André; Steinhardt, Max Friedrich; Voss, Simon - 2023
capital and, in particular, language proficiency for socio-economic assimilation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014235116
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Crossing boundaries and time : an exploration of time allocation, emotional well-being of immigrants in the United States
Coniglio, Nicola; Hoxhaj, Rezart; Lagravinese, Raffaele - 2023
meaningfulness. The study also finds evidence of emotional assimilation over time, with happiness disparities between immigrants and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014318984
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Living and working in ethnic enclaves: Language proficiency of immigrants in US metropolitan areas
Beckhusen, Julia; Florax, Raymond J. G. M.; de Graaff, … - 2012
study uses data from the 2010 American Community Survey to examine the impact of residential and occupational segregation on … immigrants' ability to speak English. We allow for heterogeneity in the relationship between segregation and English language … those who are less residentially and occupationally segregated. The magnitude of the effect of segregation on language …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282197