Ethnic Networks and the Location Choice of Migrants in Europe

Klaus Nowotny and Dieter Pennerstorfer

No 2012-7, Working Papers in Economics from University of Salzburg

Abstract: This paper analyzes the role of ethnic networks in the location decision of migrants to the EU at the regional level. Using a random parameters logit specification we find a substantially positive effect of ethnic networks on the location decision of migrants. Furthermore, we find evidence of spatial spillovers in the effect of ethnic networks. Analyzing the trade-off between potential income and network size, we find that migrants would require a sizable compensation for living in a region with a smaller ethnic network, especially when considering regions where only few previous migrants from the same country of origin are located.

Keywords: network migration; ethnic networks; random parameters logit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C35 F22 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 46 pages
Date: 2012-09-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dem, nep-eur, nep-geo, nep-mig, nep-soc and nep-ure
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