-receiving country. By applying the generalized method of moment (GMM) estimation, we address endogeneity of the spatial network variable … networks. We apply a spatial autoregressive network approach to account for the spill-over effects of migrant ethnic group …

receiving country. By applying generalised method of moment (GMM) estimation, we address endogeneity of the spatial network … networks. We apply a spatial autoregressive network approach to account for the spill-over effects of migrant ethnic group …

, highlighting the importance of the demand effect for Germany. Allowing for heterogeneous network effects shows that at least some … but from African or middle-eastern countries that do not have a large migrant network in Germany. …

) embedded in a network have to decide how much effort they exert in some activity (say education). We show that the more central … minority agents are in the social network, the more they assimilate to the majority culture. We also show that denser networks … tend to favor assimilation so that, for example, it is easier to assimilate in a complete network than in a star …

In this paper, we examine possible types of network formation among immigrants in the diaspora and between those … immigrants and the new society in their host country. Spread of migrants from the same origin in the diaspora may well increase … network structure on the country of origin, such as on international trade. We find that when the size of the diaspora is …