Assessing the role of social networks on migrant labor market outcomes: Evidence from a representative immigrant survey
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Keywords
Social networks; international migration; Wage determination; labor market integration;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
- F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
- J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-MIG-2017-01-15 (Economics of Human Migration)
- NEP-NET-2017-01-15 (Network Economics)
- NEP-SOC-2017-01-15 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
- NEP-URE-2017-01-15 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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