DYNAMIC EFFECTS OF CO-ETHNIC NETWORKS ON IMMIGRANTS' ECONOMIC SUCCESS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Battisti, Michele; Peri, Giovanni; Romiti, Agnese
• 署名单位: University of Glasgow; Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut; IZA Institute Labor Economics; University of California System; University of California Davis; National Bureau of Economic Research; University of Strathclyde
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1093/ej/ueab036
• 发表日期: 2022
• 页码: 58-88
• 关键词: labor-market outcomes; social networks; job search; EMPLOYMENT; enclaves

摘要

In this paper we investigate how co-ethnic networks affect the economic success of immigrants. Using longitudinal data of immigrants in Germany and including a large set of fixed effects and pre-migration controls to address the possible endogeneity of initial location, we find that immigrants in districts with larger co-ethnic networks are more likely to be employed soon after arrival. This advantage fades after four years, as migrants located in places with smaller co-ethnic networks catch up due to greater human capital investments. These effects appear stronger for lower-skilled immigrants, as well as for refugees and ethnic Germans.