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This paper analyzes the impact of missionary activity on English language proficiency and labor market earnings of all …
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three E's) of Exposure to the destination language in the origin and destination, Efficiency in the acquisition of … acquiring destination language proficiency, with an emphasis on labor market outcomes, and in particular earnings. Factors that …
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, on arrival, do not know their host country's language. It reviews problems of economic integration into the labor market …, the consequences of the formation of immigrant enclaves divorced from the host country labor market, and considers public …
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language proficiency and labor market earnings of male and female immigrants to the United States. Design … model and their labor market earnings using the human capital earnings function that is estimated with an ordinary least …
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This paper is an analysis of the English-language proficiency and labor market earnings of Soviet Jewish immigrants to … successful linguistic and labor market adjustment. …
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theoretical analysis indicates a tendency toward the favorable self-selection (supply) of migrants for labor market success. The … differentials in the lower-wage origin relative to the higher-wage destination. Favorable selectivity for labor market success can … criteria can ration visas on one or more characteristics that enhance labor market earnings (e.g., education), or on …
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-immigration labor market experience and proficiency in both speaking and writing Hebrew. Those who speak Hebrew on a daily basis as a …
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This paper is concerned with the determinants and consequences of intercontinental migration over the past four centuries. It begins with a review of the history of primarily trans-Atlantic migration to the New World during the period of Colonial settlement. The contract and coerced migration...
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languages enhances the effects on earnings of schooling and pre-immigration labor market experience. Language proficiency and …
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This paper uses data from the 1996 Australian Survey of Aspects of Literacy to examine the effects on labour market outcomes of literacy, numeracy and educational attainment. The survey includes a range of literacy and numeracy variables that are highly inter-correlated. A ?general to specific?...
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