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 …

great range of geographical origins and cultural backgrounds of immigrants make the study of the determinants and the …

immigrants are increasingly highly skilled since the 1980s. This paper analyses the determinants of changes in the skill … composition of immigrants using a framework suggested by Grogger & Hanson (2011). We focus on Switzerland, which continuously … showed very high immigration rates and dramatic changes in the skill composition of immigrants. In addition, the recent …

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 …

“Realized Matches” procedures to quantify expected levels of English skills in each of over 500 occupations in the US Census …. 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 …

Politicians, the media, and the public express concern that immigrants depress wages by competing with native workers …

immigrants is analyzed using data from the 2000 U.S. Census, the German Socio-Economic Panel, and the National Immigrant Survey … of Spain. Across countries, linguistic distance is negatively correlated with reported language skills of immigrants … linguistic distance has a strong negative influence on bilateral trade volumes. -- Linguistic distance ; immigrants ; language …

Recent immigrants in Switzerland are overrepresented at the top of the wage distribution in high and at the bottom in … low skill occupations. Basic economic theory thus suggests that immigration has led to a compression of the wage … distribution in the former group and to an expansion in the latter. The data confirm this proposition for high skill occupations …

urbanised areas. Immigrants have high well-being outcomes on average but suffer an initial shortfall in employment and wages … likely to ease labour shortages and, should they apply for residence, have better earnings prospects. It has also deployed … further adjustments to the system to enhance its well-being benefits for both the NZ-born and immigrants. This Working Paper …