This paper is an analysis of the determinates of Hebrew language speaking and writing skills and the determinates of … migration and if many others in the area in which the respondent lives speak the same origin language. Country of origin and … primary or only language and who can write a letter in Hebrew earn about 20 percent more than those who do neither …

capital skills shows that educational attainment and destination language skills are complements to computer use. The use of a …

This study provides an account of the dynamics of the dominant language adjustment process among immigrants in … language skills in immigrant selection. A difference between differences approach is used to isolate the impacts of these … category, educational attainment and age at migration impact on immigrant’s language skills. The increased English Proficiency …

the effects of the respondent's own English language skills, the effects of living in a linguistic concentration area, and … importance of English language fluency among the foreign born from non-English speaking countries. There is also strong evidence … for the complementarity between language skills and other forms of human capital. Furthermore, there is strong evidence …

international (and internal) migrants, both in terms of the ease of obtaining proficiency in the destination language and access to … linguistic enclaves, (2) the determinants of destination language proficiency among international migrants, based on a model (the …This paper provides a review of the research on the ‘economics of language' as applied to international migration. Its …

Kingdom. It explores the determinants of their English language (speaking) fluency and the key role such skills play in their … data contains an interviewer-assessed measure of English language fluency. Importantly, we also attempt to control for … possible endogeneity bias in the estimates of the effect of language fluency on occupational success. We find that fluency is …

This paper extends the analysis of the acquisition of destination language proficiency among immigrants by explicitly …) probit analyses are employed. Immigrant English language skills are greater the younger the age at migration, the longer the …

This research examines the occupational mobility of immigrants between their countries of origin and Spain, and its …, in general, an intense occupational downgrading in Spain with regard to their countries of origin. This is explained … during the stay in Spain is limited. Occupational downgrading associated to the entry in the Spanish labour market is usually …

This paper assesses how new immigrants to Spain fare in the country's labor market, evaluating the conditions under … immigrants who arrived in Spain between 2000 and 2007 were able to find work and eventually move out of the low-skilled positions … shed low- and middle-skilled jobs in sectors dominated by immigrants. In the long term, Spain will likely need immigrants …

Immigration and multiculturalism are at the heart of modern western societies. The issue of language acquisition of … immigrants is intrinsically linked to immigration. We formally link language acquisition of immigrants to the relative size of … relationship between size of the immigrant community and language acquisition or language proficiency in The Netherlands. We find …