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 …

who are proficient in the local dialect earn lower wages than those who are not. We also find that workers with better … dialect skills are more likely to settle for lower wages in exchange for social insurance. We hypothesize that they are doing … work. Further tests show that the phenomenon of "exchanging wages for social insurance participation" is more pronounced …

. -- Wages ; language knowledge ; language use …-of-Canada (ROC) generates a demand for bilingualism and investment in the acquisition of a second official language. Knowledge of an … additional language may be associated with enhanced earnings because it may reflect what might generically be called 'ability …

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 … determinants of destination language proficiency among immigrants. This is based on Exposure, Efficiency and Economic Incentives …

This paper investigates the economic returns to language skills and bilingualism. The analysis is staged in Kazakhstan …, a multi-ethnic country with complex ethnic settlement patterns that has switched its official state language from … bilingualism on earnings while Russian was the official state language in the 1990s. Surprisingly, the Kazakh language continues to …

This paper analyzes the impact of missionary activity on English language proficiency and labor market earnings of all …

. Education matters more for women in terms of explaining earnings, whereas language skills are relatively more important for men. …. Education matters more for women in terms of explaining earnings, whereas language skills are relatively more important for men …

capital skills shows that educational attainment and destination language skills are complements to computer use. The use of a …, a finding that has implications for immigrant settlement policies. -- computers ; internet ; immigrants ; language …

influence of reading performance on math performance, highlighting the importance of early language support for immigrants for …