This article investigates the macro-level drivers of adult-age language learning. We construct a new dataset that … covers German language learning in 77 countries (including Germany) for 1992-2006. Fixed-effects regressions show that … language learning in the EU is strongly associated with immigration. Instead, immigration by non-EU citizens in associated with …

approach using, as an instrument, the measurement of how far, on average, official language differs from ordinary language. The …

We examine the impact of language training on the economic integration of immigrants in France. The assignment to this … test score of an initial language exam is below a certain threshold. This eligibility rule creates a discontinuity in the … increases labor force participation of the treated individuals. The language classes appear to have a larger effect for labor …

of migrants to four countries, viz. France, Germany, the UK and the US, which receive a substantial share of all …

micro-data for France, Germany, the UK and the US, we study their decisions to migrate to one of the four countries using a …

parameters at each frequency separately, and adopt this framework to model quarterly prices in three European countries (France …, Italy and the UK). The empirical results suggest that inflation in France and Italy is nonstationary. However, while for the …