This paper is an analysis of the determinates of Hebrew language speaking and writing skills and the determinates of … primary or only language and who can write a letter in Hebrew earn about 20 percent more than those who do neither … earnings among adult male Jewish immigrants in Israel, using the 1972 Census of Israel. Among other findings, Hebrew speaking …

groups. In contrast, Korean and Hui have a higher probability of migration than the majority. For people with an urban hukou …

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 …

This paper provides a review of the research on the ‘economics of language' as applied to international migration. Its … primary focuses are on: (1) the effect of the language skills of an individual on the choice of destination among … international (and internal) migrants, both in terms of the ease of obtaining proficiency in the destination language and access to …

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 …

differ. Results suggests that language acquisition is not a key mechanism through which age at immigration affects fertility …

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 … migrants, destination language skills display both a prerequisite for and outcome of successful integration. Investments into …

Language is a strong and robust determinant of international trade patterns: Countries sharing a common language trade … that this trade-promoting effect of language is likely to reflect cultural ties, rather than lower costs of communication … or similar institutions. Analyzing unique data for a single-language country, Germany, we find that similarities in the …

components of ethnicity – country of birth, race, skin color, language, and religion – among persons admitted to legal permanent …) Language is shed before religion, and religion may not be shed at all, except among the ultra highly skilled of EB-1. (4 …