language acquisition and refugee incorporation, which typically rely on self-reported measures of fluency. Our findings are …

We examine the effect of language acquisition on the growth of immigrants' earnings. We gathered data on recent Soviet … immigrants to Israel that include retrospective questions on earnings and language ability on entry into their current job …. Language acquisition is found to interact positively with occupation level. Immigrant programmers and computer technicians have …

arrived in the 1950s and 1960s eventually surpassed the average native wage. Improvements in English language skills …

Common culture and common language facilitate trade between people. Minorities have incentives to become assimilated … and to learn the majority language so that they have a larger pool of potential trading partners. The value of … less likely when an immigrant's native culture and language is broadly represented in his new country. Also, when …

This paper uses data from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Census of Population to examine the English language skills of natives …

English language proficiency. Rather, they appear to be the result of Spanish speakers having relatively little of those labor …

translation-related search costs. Our results provide causal evidence that language barriers significantly hinder trade and that …

any, differentiate teachers with high impact on student achievement in middle school English Language Arts from those with …