. Earnings data from the 2000 US Census for adult male immigrant workers are then examined in relation to these occupational … earnings are related to a “correct” matching of an immigrant's language skills with what is expected in his occupation …. Mismatches have a small effect on earnings – positive for proficiency in excess of the norms in the occupation and negative for …

earnings of other immigrants. This pattern is seen in the most recent data, the American Community Survey, 2005 to 2009, which … of schooling and English proficiency. Moreover, they appear to secure greater earnings payoffs in the US labor market …Compared to other immigrants to the United States, recent Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union have achieved …

This paper analyzes the effect on earnings of the matching of English language skills to occupational requirements or … occupational norms for adult male immigrants. It uses data from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) database and a …. Earnings data from the 2000 US Census for foreign-born adult male workers are then examined in relation to these occupational …

job, has a large effect on earnings among the native born, and an even larger effect among the foreign born. This effect …, are held constant. Earnings increase with the respondent’s own proficiency in English, with the English proficiency …

This paper analyzes the effect on earnings of the matching of English language skills to occupational requirements. It … expected levels of English skills in each of over 500 occupations in the US Census. Earnings data from the 2000 US Census for … that earnings are related to correct matching of an individual’s language skills and that of his occupation. Moreover, the …

’ education in a certain occupation, there is no additional reward in earnings for natives compared to foreign workers. Immigrants … of schooling typical for a given occupation. The return to usual years of schooling across different occupations is found …

This paper is concerned with why immigrants appear to have consistently lower partial effects of schooling on earnings … a small positive effect of overeducation. About two-thirds of the smaller effect of schooling on earnings for immigrants …. Immigrants have a wider variance in schooling, with an especially large proportion undereducated given the average schooling …

the impact of this mismatch on the earnings, of high-skilled adult male immigrants in the US labor market. Analyses for … schooling that are above that which is usual for a worker’s occupation are associated with very low increases in earnings … schooling serves as a pathway to occupational attainment, earnings appear to be more closely linked to a worker’s occupation …

This paper analyzes the effects of language practice on earnings among adult male immigrants in Canada using the 1991 … Census. Earnings are shown to increase with schooling, pre-immigration experience and duration in Canada, as well as with … official languages enhances the effects on earnings of schooling and pre-immigration labor market experience. Language …

consequences for earnings, of computer use by both the native born and the foreign born. Focussing on the foreign born, the … use in Australia is much higher than in most of the countries that Australia’s immigrants come from, this evidence … suggests a high degree of favorable selection in migration. Study of the links between earnings, computer use and other human …