Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/215299 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12903
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Using novel registry data on the population of asylum seekers in Germany for the period from 2010 to 2016, and quasi-experimental variation induced by German allocation policies, we identify causal effects of the size and composition of local co-national networks on formal labor market access of asylum seekers. While the individual employment probability is not linked to network size, it increases with the number of employed local co-national asylum seekers and decreases with the number of non-employed network members, thereby underlining the central importance of network quality.
Subjects: 
social networks
refugees
employment
Germany
dispersal policies
JEL: 
F22
J61
R23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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