Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/27356 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 833
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
Using a new data on 590 Turkish households in Berlin, we investigate the determinants and impact of integration on economic performance. We find that usual suspects such as time spent in Germany and education have positive impact, while networks have no impact on integration. There is strong evidence that political integration and the degree of full integration promote income. Using endogenous switching regression models, we show that local familial networks increase the income of unintegrated migrant groups only, while transnational networks decrease it. We also find that education is more welfare improving for integrated than non-integrated immigrants.
Subjects: 
Integration
economic success
ethnic networks
Turkish migrants
JEL: 
O15
J15
C25
D10
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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