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Employment effects of language training for unemployed immigrants
Lang, Julia - In: Journal of Population Economics 35 (2021) 2, pp. 719-754
Proficiency in the host country’s language is an important factor for the successful labor market integration of immigrants. In this study, I analyze the effects of a language training program for professional purposes on the employment opportunities of participants in Germany. I apply an...
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Immigrant earnings: Language skills, linguistic concentrations and the business cycle
Miller, Paul W.; Chiswick, Barry R. - In: Journal of Population Economics 15 (2002) 1, pp. 31-57
This study of the determinants of earnings among adult foreign-born men using the 1990 Census of Population focuses on the effects of the respondent's own English language skills, the effects of living in a linguistic concentration area, and the effects of the stage of the business cycle at...
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Hebrew language usage: Determinants and effects on earnings among immigrants in Israel
Chiswick, Barry R. - In: Journal of Population Economics 11 (1998) 2, pp. 253-271
at migration, a higher level of schooling and varies by country of birth. Earnings increase monotonically with the use of …
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On human capital formation with exit options
Katz, Eliakim; Rapoport, Hillel - In: Journal of Population Economics 18 (2005) 2, pp. 267-274
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Mobility where mobility is illegal: Internal migration and city growth in the Soviet Union
Gang, Ira N.; Stuart, Robert C. - In: Journal of Population Economics 12 (1999) 1, pp. 117-134
This paper examines an important anomaly in the internal migration history of the former Soviet Union (FSU). While many … cities were closed in the sense of explicitly limiting growth of city population from migration, it was difficult to assess …
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