Language proficiency of immigrants and misclassification
We study the determinants of language proficiency, reading and speaking, for a sample of immigrants living in France and allow for misclassification errors since language proficiency is based on subjective self-reported evaluations. Using a parametric maximum likelihood method, we find that the probabilities of misclassification are large. Misclassification is mainly due to immigrants experiencing actual language problems, but who do not report them.
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2007
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Authors: | Coulon, Augustin de ; Wolff, Francois-Charles |
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Applied Economics Letters. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 1350-4851. - Vol. 14.2007, 12, p. 857-861
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Taylor & Francis Journals |
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