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Assimilation, Criminality and Ethnic Conflict
Dasgupta, Indraneel; Mukherjee, Diganta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We examine the consequences, of integrating large minorities into productivity-relevant majority ethno-linguistic norms, for distribution, ethnic conflict and crime. We develop a two-community model where such assimilation generates social gains by: (a) facilitating economic interaction, and (b)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884175
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Language and Labor Market Success
Isphording, Ingo E. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
migrants, destination language skills display both a prerequisite for and outcome of successful integration. Investments into …This article summarizes three different strands of the literature that address the labor market effects of language … ongoing globalization leads to an increased demand for foreign language proficiency to reduce search and information costs and …
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The Portability of New Immigrants' Human Capital: Language, Education and Occupational Matching
Goldmann, Gustave; Sweetman, Arthur; Warman, Casey - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The implications of human capital portability – including interactions between education, language skills and pre- and …. However, surprisingly, neither matching nor language skills have any impact on the return to pre-immigration work experience …, which is observed to be statistically significantly negative. Crucially, English language skills are found to have an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216760
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The Role of Language in Shaping International Migration
Adsera, Alicia; Pytlikova, Mariola - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Fluency in (or ease to quickly learn) the language of the destination country plays a key role in the transfer of human … market. This suggests that the ability to learn and speak a foreign language might be an important factor in the migration … countries for the years 1980–2009 and a wide range of linguistic indicators to study the role of language in shaping …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646312
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Returns to Citizenship? Evidence from Germany's Recent Immigration Reforms
Gathmann, Christina; Keller, Nicolas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Immigrants in many countries have lower employment rates and lower earnings than natives. In this paper, we ask whether a more liberal access to citizenship can improve the economic integration of immigrants. Our analysis relies on two major immigration reforms in Germany, a country with a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010756241
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Dialects, Cultural Identity, and Economic Exchange
Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan; Lameli, Alfred; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We investigate whether time-persistent cultural borders impede economic exchange across regions of the same country. To measure cultural differences we evaluate, for the first time in economics, linguistic micro-data about phonological and grammatical features of German dialects. These data are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008455548
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Are There Gender and Country of Origin Differences in Immigrant Labor Market Outcomes across European Destinations?
Adsera, Alicia; Chiswick, Barry R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
differences, however, vary greatly across countries with migrants in Germany and Portugal faring best relative to natives, and … those in Sweden, Denmark, Luxembourg or Spain the worst, particularly among non-EU born migrants. Gender differences are …. Education matters more for women in terms of explaining earnings, whereas language skills are relatively more important for men. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761665
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Parents and Children Talk: The Family Dynamics of English Language Proficiency
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper extends the analysis of the acquisition of destination language proficiency among immigrants by explicitly …) probit analyses are employed. Immigrant English language skills are greater the younger the age at migration, the longer the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762132
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Where Immigrants Settle in the United States
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper is concerned with the location of immigrants in the United States, as reported in the 1990 Census. Where they settle has implications for the economic, social and political impact of immigrants. Immigrants are highly geographically concentrated. Compared to the native born they are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703137
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Immigrant Adjustment in Israel: Literacy and Fluency in Hebrew and Earnings
Chiswick, Barry R.; Repetto, Gaston - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
This paper is an analysis of the determinates of Hebrew language speaking and writing skills and the determinates of … migration and if many others in the area in which the respondent lives speak the same origin language. Country of origin and … primary or only language and who can write a letter in Hebrew earn about 20 percent more than those who do neither …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703246