Open AccessThe impact of co-national networks on asylum seekers’ employment: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany
Author(s) -
Felix Stips,
Krisztina KisKatos
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
plos one
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99
H-Index - 332
ISSN - 1932-6203
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pone.0236996
Subject(s) - refugee , german , welfare , demographic economics , seekers , quality (philosophy) , demography , political science , economics , geography , sociology , philosophy , archaeology , epistemology , law
Using novel registry data on persons receiving asylum welfare benefits in Germany for the period from 2010 to 2016, and quasi-experimental variation induced by German allocation policies, we identify the role that the size and composition of local co-national networks of asylum seekers play for formal labor market access within the same group. While the individual employment probability is not linked to network size, it increases with the number of employed local co-national asylum seekers and decreases with the number of non-employed network members, thereby underlining the central importance of network quality. JEL Classification: F22, J61, R23.