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Uncovering the differences among displaced workers : evidence from Canadian job separation records
Birinci, Serdar; Park, Youngmin; Pugh, Thomas; See, Kurt - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014364914
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Bilingualism and communicative benefits
Gabszewicz, Jean Jaskold (contributor);  … - 2008
that this observation is consistent with the data on language proficiency in bilingual countries such as Belgium and Canada …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003659896
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Foreign language learning : an econometric analysis
Ginsburgh, Victor; Mélitz, Jacques; Toubal, Farid - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414047
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Languages disenfranchisement in the European Union
Ginsburgh, Victor; Weber, Shlomo - 2004
We introduce the notion of language disenfranchisement which arises if the number of EU working languages is reduced. We use the data on language proficiency in EU and show that, in spite of the widespread knowledge of English, the retention of French and German as working languages in essential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011599012
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Lost in translation : reading performance and math performance of second-generation children in Italy
Cavallo, Mariagrazia; Russo, Giuseppe - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012199122
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The effects of ethnomathematics education on student outcomes : the JADENKÄ program in the Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca, Panama
Näslund-Hadley, Emma; Hernández-Agramonte, Juan Manuel; … - 2022
In this article we evaluate the effectiveness of ethnomathematics education among indigenous children: the JADENKÄ program. This intercultural bilingual program has been designed to strengthen the mathematical and ethnomathematical skills of the Ngäbe preschoolers in Ngäbe-Buglé, a comarca...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014496319
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Access to language training and the local integration of refugees
Foged, Mette; Van der Werf, Cynthia - 2023
This paper examines whether language classes raises refugees' language proficiency and improves their socio-economic integration. Our identification strategy leverages the opening, closing, and gradual expansion of local language training centers in Denmark, as well as the quasi-random...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014460479
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The effect of educational mismatch on wages using European panel data
Iriondo, Iñaki; Pérez Amaral, Teodosio - 2013
This paper analyzes the effect of educational mismatch on wages, using a rich panel dataset of workers in the major …, we find that the wages of people aged under 35 basically depend on the level of education attained, while those of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009687794
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Horizontal mismatch and vocational education
Schweri, Jürg; Eymann, Annina; Aepli, Manuel - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022607
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Import competition in the manufacturing sector in Peru : its impact on informality and wages
Pierola, Martha Denisse; Sanchez-Navarro, Dennis - 2019
This paper studies the impact of import competition from China on informality and wages in the Peruvian manufacturing … surge in imports from China on the likelihood of being hired in the informal sector and on wages in both the formal and … among workers with only elementary educationarguably one of the less-skilled groups. Regarding the impact on real wages, we …
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