published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2005, 18 (4), 649–662
Empirical studies in the migration literature have shown that migration enclaves (networks)
negatively affect the language proficiency of migrants. These studies, however, ignore the
choice of location as a function of language skills. Using data on Mexican migration to the
US, we show that migrants choose smaller networks as their English language proficiency
improves.
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