@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp11608,
            	author={Danzer, Alexander M. and Feuerbaum, Carsten and Piopiunik, Marc and Woessmann, Ludger},
            	title={Growing Up in Ethnic Enclaves: Language Proficiency and Educational Attainment of Immigrant Children},
            	year={2018},
	month={Jun},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={11608},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp11608},
	abstract={Does a high regional concentration of immigrants of the same ethnicity affect immigrant children’s acquisition of host-country language skills and educational attainment? We exploit the exogenous placement of guest workers from five ethnicities across German regions during the 1960s and 1970s in a model with region and ethnicity fixed effects. Our results indicate that exposure to a higher own-ethnic concentration impairs immigrant children’s host-country language proficiency and increases school dropout. A key mediating factor for this effect is parents’ lower speaking proficiency in the host-country language, whereas inter-ethnic contacts with natives and economic conditions do not play a role.},
	keywords={language;ethnic concentration;immigrant children;education;guest workers},
            }