This paper provides an introduction and overview of my research on the Economics of Language. The approach is that language skills among immigrants and native-born linguistic minorities are a form of human capital. There are costs and benefits associated with this characteristic embodied in the...

The Tiananmen Square protests in 1989 and ensuing government crackdown affectedChinese nationals not only at home but around the world. The U.S. government responded tothe events in China by enacting multiple measures to protect Chinese nationals present inthe U.S. It first suspended all forced...

The Spanish immigration phenomenon and its consequences for the insurance industry, The effect of immigration on the demographic time-bomb in Spain; The effect of immigration on the Spanish insurance market...

Immigration context on Spain; Who are them and where do they come from?; What are they looking for?; Life cycle in country of destiny; Life style/profile overview; How to face up the challenge; AXA Spain Experience...