. Earnings data from the 2000 US Census for adult male immigrant workers are then examined in relation to these occupational … earnings are related to a “correct” matching of an immigrant's language skills with what is expected in his occupation …. Mismatches have a small effect on earnings – positive for proficiency in excess of the norms in the occupation and negative for …

earnings of immigrants from more recent cohorts catch up faster with natives' earnings. While the convergence took over 30years …–native earnings gap at entry and over time for the UK between 1978 and 2006. That is, we attempt to separately estimate cohort and … assimilation effects. We also estimate the associated immigrant earnings growth rate and immigrant–native earnings convergence rate …

market consequences of that proficiency, as expressed in their earnings. Immigrants tend to take language differences across … residence. This model is shown to be robust for the several immigrant receiving countries studied. Earnings among immigrants are …This chapter reports on the “economics of language” for immigrants—that is, the influence of language on the choice of …

Woodruff (2003) the results obtained from Census data indicate a positive and small effect of remittances on schooling only for …

findings. The finding by Chen and Hamori (2009), from analysis of data for 2004 and 2006, of the return to schooling for males …

the 2001 Canadian census. These indices are then used to examine the role of schooling quality in explaining differential … returns to schooling and over-education rates by country-of-origin. The key finding is that accounting for schooling quality … virtually eliminates native-immigrant gaps in returns to schooling and the incidence of over-education. The quality of human …

and political participation. However, despite its vital importance, many immigrants never reach adequate proficiency in … designing measures to improve language acquisition. Empirical evidence shows that immigrants differ in their ability to learn …

There are various degrees of similarity between the languages of different immigrants and the language of their … study aims at quantifying the influence of linguistic distance on the language acquisition of immigrants in the US and in …

populations. This document presents the first results of the update of the Database on Immigrants in OECD Countries (DIOC) for the …/06, slightly more than that of Asian migrants (27%). Labour market outcomes of immigrants vary by region and country of origin, but …