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Matching language proficiency to occupation: the effect on immigrants' earnings

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2007

are related to correct matching of an individual's language skills and that of his occupation. Moreover, the findings are …

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Occupational language requirements and the value of English in the US labor market

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2007

native born and foreign born, as reported in the 2000 Census, one percent sample. Working in an occupation that requires … required for the occupation, and when those with high levels of proficiency work in jobs requiring English language skills … occupation's requirements, and this matching does tend to occur in the labor market. …

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The international transferability of immigrants' human capital skills

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2007

This paper uses the approach in the under/over education literature to analyze the extent of matching of educational level to occupational attainment among adult native born and foreign born men in the U.S., using the 2000 Census. Overeducation is found to be more common among recent labor...

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Earnings and occupational attainment: immigrants and the native born

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2007

This paper examines the determinants of occupational attainment and the impact of occupation on earnings. Results for … earnings gains associated with years of schooling derives from inter-occupational mobility. When occupation is held constant …

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Does the choice of reference levels of education matter in the ORU earnings equation?

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2009

, by level of skill, and by occupation. While point estimates differ, particularly when earnings equations are estimated …

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Economic, neurobiological and behavioral perspectives on building America's future workforce

Knudsen, Eric I.; Heckman, James Joseph; Cameron, Judy L.; … - 2006

A growing proportion of the U.S. workforce will have been raised in disadvantaged environments that are associated with relatively high proportions of individuals with diminished cognitive and social skills. A cross-disciplinary examination of research in economics, developmental psychology, and...

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Occupational attainment and immigrant economic progress in Australia

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2008

Using data from the 2001 Australian Census of Population and Housing, on adult men in full-time employment, this paper augments a conventional human capital earnings function with information on occupations. It also estimates models of occupational attainment. The results from both the earnings...

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Do Enclaves Matter in Immigrant Adjustment?

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2002

This paper is concerned with the determinants and consequences of immigrant/linguistic concentrations (enclaves). The reasons for the formation of these concentrations are discussed. Hypotheses are developed regarding ?ethnic goods? and the effect of concentrations on the immigrant?s language...

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The evolution of inequality, heterogeneity and uncertainty in labor earnings in the US economy

Cunha, Flavio; Heckman, James Joseph - 2007

A large empirical literature documents a rise in wage inequality in the American economy. It is silent on whether the increase in inequality is due to greater heterogeneity in the components of earnings that are predictable by agents or whether it is due to greater uncertainty faced by agents....

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Schools, skills, and synapses

Heckman, James Joseph - 2008

This paper discusses (a) the role of cognitive and noncognitive ability in shaping adult outcomes, (b) the early emergence of differentials in abilities between children of advantaged families and children of disadvantaged families, (c) the role of families in creating these abilities, (d)...

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