What Are Migration Networks?

Migration networks are usually captured by the number of people from the migrant's country in the host region. Using Mexican migration data, we analyze the effects of the usual network variable and two additional origin-village-specific variables on migrants' location choice.

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Year of publication:	2000
Authors:	Bauer, Thomas ; Gang, Ira ; Epstein, Gil
Publisher:	New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University, Department of Economics
Subject:	immigration \| location choice \| networks

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Series:	Working Paper ; 2000-16
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	875956548 [GVK] hdl:10419/94300 [Handle] RePEc:rut:rutres:200016 [RePEc]
Classification:	F22 - International Migration ; J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Source:	EconStor

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