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

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 …

-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 … the additional earnings which accrue to the use of a second language more cleanly. We find very substantial, statistically …

This study provides an account of the dynamics of the dominant language adjustment process among immigrants in … language skills in immigrant selection. A difference between differences approach is used to isolate the impacts of these … category, educational attainment and age at migration impact on immigrant?s language skills. The increased English Proficiency …

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 …

different levels of wages. The model is meant for developing economies where wage-productivity links are discernible and income … ex ante identical can have different levels of unemployment and wages in equilibrium and (2) the imposition of a legal …