This study of the determinants of earnings among adult foreign-born men using the 1990 Census of Population focuses on the effects of the respondent's own English language skills, the effects of living in a linguistic concentration area, and the effects of the stage of the business cycle at...

This paper is concerned with analyzing the determinants of language practice among adult male immigrants in Canada using the 1991 Census. A model is developed using human capital theory and an immigrant adjustment process.

This paper analyzes the effects of language practice on earnings among adult male immigrants in Canada using the 1991 Census. Three languages groups are considered: those unable to conduct a conversation in an official language; those who can but who usually speak a non-official language at home;...