Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/180346 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 7084
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper investigates how the size of co-ethnic networks at the time of arrival affect the economic success of immigrants in Germany. Applying panel analysis with a large set of fixed effects and controls, we isolate the association between initial network size and long-run immigrant outcomes. We also look at those who were assigned to an initial location independently of their choice allows a causal interpretation of our estimates. We find that immigrants initially located in places with larger co-ethnic networks are more likely to be employed at first, but have a lower probability of investing in human capital.
Subjects: 
networks
immigration
human capital
employment
JEL: 
J24
J61
R23
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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