Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0

Author-Name: Alexander M. Danzer
Author-X-Name-First: Alexander
Author-X-Name-Last: Danzer

Author-Name: Carsten Feuerbaum
Author-X-Name-First: Carsten
Author-X-Name-Last: Feuerbaum

Author-Name: Marc Piopiunik
Author-X-Name-First: Marc
Author-X-Name-Last: Piopiunik

Author-Name: Ludger Woessmann
Author-X-Name-First: Ludger
Author-X-Name-Last: Woessmann

Title: Growing up in Ethnic Enclaves: Language Proficiency and Educational Attainment of Immigrant Children

	
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.
Length: 47 pages
Creation-Date:  2018-06
File-URL: http://www.bgpe.de/texte/DP/180_DanzerFeuerbaumPiopiunikWoessmann.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
File-Function: First version, 2018
Number: 180
Classification-JEL: J15, I20, R23, J61
Keywords: immigrant children, ethnic concentration, language, education, guest workers
Handle: RePEc:bav:wpaper:180_DanzerFeuerbaumPiopiunikWoessmann