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Background

Given the recent influx of migrants into Germany, we want to use Facebook data to study which sub-groups are more or less integrated. As a proxy for the level of integration we propose to monitor the degree to which migrants have interests in local interest, such as festivities, customs or sporting events, compared to interests related to their own cultural heritage. We will use audience estimates from Facebook’s advertising profile which, in a nutshell, give estimates of how many Facebook users match certain criteria.

Research Paper

Overleaf repository: https://www.overleaf.com/12954285ffnkfcfjwbgr#/49586296/

Full paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.09430