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This study investigates whether foreign origin teachers causally affect their students language skills in secondary … experience in language learning, bilingual teachers seem exceptionally well-equipped in teaching languages to both native and …
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This study is the first empirical analysis to identify the causal effect of a separate preparatory language learning … preparatory classes with a focus on language learning. …
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economic transactions such as migration or international trade flows by imposing hurdles for second language acquisition and … its merits in two different applications. First, the effect of linguistic distance in the language acquisition of … of Spain. Across countries, linguistic distance is negatively correlated with reported language skills of immigrants …
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We estimate the effect of language training on subsequent employment and wages of immigrants under essential … heterogeneity. The identifying variation is based on regional differences in language training availability that we use to … into language training than immigrants with lower gains. We document up to 15% higher employment rates and 13% wage gains …
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immigrant pupils, we focus on language heterogeneity by using a novel measure of the degree of linguistic diversity in the … detailed information on students' language and math scores, their social integration, as well as on sociodemographic and school … linguistic diversity has no adverse effect on students’ language and math skills, but worsens the social integration of immigrant …
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This paper combines individual-level data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) with economic and demographic postcode-level data from administrative records to analyze the effects of immigration on wages and unemployment probabilities of high- and low-skilled natives. Employing an...
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international vergleichbaren Fragebögen der PIAAC Daten ist es möglich, die unterschiedlichen Qualifikationen von Migranten und … beschäftigen wir uns mit Bildungs- und Qualifikationsunterschieden zwischen Migranten und Einheimischen in elf europäischen Ländern … im selben Beruf. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Migranten im Vergleich zu Einheimischen für ihre Berufe häufig …
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We explore the impact of successful job search after childbirth on mothers’ labor market careers. Using a bounding approach and administrative data, we find strong heterogeneity in the returns to leaving the pre-birth employer. Moving to a new employer after childbirth leads to an increase in...
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großer Bedeutung. Hier lässt sich häufig beobachten, dass Migranten gleicher oder ähnlicher Herkunft gemeinsam in der … Hinweis darauf, ob diese ethnische Segregation förderlich oder hinderlich für die Integration von Migranten ist. Insbesondere … Segregation auf den Arbeitsmarkterfolg von Migranten analysiert. Dabei wird der Arbeitsmarkterfolg als Erwerbsbeteiligung zum …
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We examine how migrant workers impact firm performance using administrative data from the United States. Exploiting an unexpected change in firms' likelihood of securing low-wage workers through the H-2B visa program, we find limited crowd-out of other forms of employment and no impact on...
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