%0 Report
        %A Bauer, Thomas K.
%A Epstein, Gil S.
%A Gang, Ira N.
        %T Enclaves, Language and the Location Choice of Migrants
        %D 2002
        %8 2002 Aug
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 558
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp558
        %X 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.


        %K ethnic concentration
%K language skills
%K enclave
%K networks
%K immigrants
%K ethnic goods