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<p>Given the conflicting findings about whether ethnic segregation benefits or hurts immigrants’ labor market outcomes in the existing literature, this paper investigates how segregation effects vary within young immigrants’ education levels. We also test the differential segregation effects for young immigrants with different education levels and from ethnic groups with different average education levels. We find that on average, ethnic segregation negatively impacts earnings of highly educated immigrants but benefits lower educated immigrants. Additionally, the net effects of ethnic segregation depend on whether immigrants’ own education levels match their group average education levels. Specifically, being segregated with many highly educated co-ethnics can reverse the negative segregation effects on highly educated immigrants’ earnings. However, a highly educated ethnic enclave can reduce the positive isolation effects for lower educated immigrants. Finally, we do not find significant segregation effects on immigrants’ employment.</p>
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Given the conflicting findings about whether ethnic segregation benefits or hurts immigrants’ labor market outcomes in the existing literature, this paper investigates how segregation effects vary within young immigrants’ education levels. We also test the differential segregation effects for young immigrants with different education levels and from ethnic groups with different average education levels. We find that on average, ethnic segregation negatively impacts earnings of highly educated immigrants but benefits lower educated immigrants. Additionally, the net effects of ethnic segregation depend on whether immigrants’ own education levels match their group average education levels. Specifically, being segregated with many highly educated co-ethnics can reverse the negative segregation effects on highly educated immigrants’ earnings. However, a highly educated ethnic enclave can reduce the positive isolation effects for lower educated immigrants. Finally, we do not find significant segregation effects on immigrants’ employment.

Ethnic Segregation and Immigrants’ Labor Market Outcomes: The Role of Education

Ohio Education Research Center, John Glenn College of Public Affairs

The Ohio State University, CHRR at The Ohio State University

IZA Journal of Labor Economics

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Given the conflicting findings about whether ethnic segregation benefits or hurts immigrants’ labor market outcomes in the existing literature, this paper...

Ethnic Segregation and Immigrants’ Labor Market Outcomes: The Role of Education

Published Online: Dec 20, 2023

Page range: -

Received: Feb 06, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/izajole-2023-0005

Keywords
Immigrants, Segregation, Labor market outcomes, Ethnic enclaves

© 2023 Tian Lou et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Ethnic Segregation and Immigrants’ Labor Market Outcomes: The Role of Education

Published Online: Dec 20, 2023

Page range: -

Received: Feb 06, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/izajole-2023-0005

KeywordsImmigrants, Segregation, Labor market outcomes, Ethnic enclaves

© 2023 Tian Lou et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Immigrants, Segregation, Labor market outcomes, Ethnic enclaves