Dear colleagues, The Department of Economics cordially invites you to the WU Economic Research Seminar (Department Seminar) on Wednesday, November 14, with Dieter Pennerstorfer (JKU Linz) on "When Weak Ties are Strong: Ethnic Enclaves, Information Frictions, and Labor Market Sorting of Immigrants" Abstract: In this paper, we investigate the effects of ethnic enclaves on the economic prospects of newly arrived immigrants. Using a geo-coded full population longitudinal matched employer-employee data for Stockholm metropolitan region, we create dyads between residential neighborhoods and potential workplace neighborhoods for newly arrived unemployed immigrants from the Balkans and the Middle East, who arrived to Sweden during two distinct time periods following wars. By estimating a conditional logit model on the first workplace location, we control for unobserved individual heterogeneity, as well as general enclave effects stemming from the residential neighborhood. We find that immigrants are more likely to find their first jobs in locations where many ethnic peers from their neighborhoods are employed. Our analysis provides evidence for causal effects from ethnic networks on reducing labor market frictions associated with information on jobs and job locations. Time and place: Wednesday, November 14, 4.30 - 6.00 p.m., Campus WU, Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, building D4, entrance A, 2nd floor, Department meeting room 2.008. With best regards, Harald Oberhofer --- Univ.-Prof. Dr. Harald Oberhofer Institute for International Economics WU Vienna University of Economics and Business Phone: +43/1/31336-4984 Fax: +43/1/31336-4984 Email: harald.oberhofer@wu.ac.at<mailto:harald.oberhofer@wu.ac.at> Webpage: https://www.wu.ac.at/ie/mitarbeiter/harald-oberhofer/ Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) Phone: +43/1/7982601-468 Fax: +43/1/7989386 Email: harald.oberhofer@wifo.ac.at<mailto:harald.oberhofer@wifo.ac.at> Webpage: http://www.wifo.ac.at/harald_oberhofer