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experienced faster earnings growth between 1983 and 1995. By contrast, IAH is corroborated by the synthetic cohort methodology …
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consequences for earnings, of computer use by both the native born and the foreign born. Focussing on the foreign born, the … suggests a high degree of favorable selection in migration. Study of the links between earnings, computer use and other human … ; earnings …
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This paper is an analysis of the English-language proficiency and labor market earnings of adult male Soviet Jewish … of English proficiency and earnings than other immigrants, other variables being the same. However, they have a steeper … improvement in both proficiency and earnings with duration in the United States and the differences from the other European …
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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 … ; occupations ; earnings ; rates of return ; selectivity …
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granted amnesty under 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, to analyze English language proficiency and earnings. We use a … where they live. Earnings are higher by about 8% for men and 17% for women who are proficient in both speaking and reading …
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This paper analyzes the impact of missionary activity on English language proficiency and labor market earnings of all … proficiency and earnings compared to Catholic missionaries. Furthermore, a higher proficiency in English enhances earnings. One of …
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monolingual English speakers, but the earnings differential varies sharply by the language spoken. Those who speak Native American … languages, Pennsylvania Dutch and Yiddish have very low earnings, likely because they live in isolated geographic or cultural … same, have statistically significant seven percent lower earnings …
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This paper uses the approach in the under/over education literature to analyze the extent of matching of educational level to occupational attainment among adult native born and foreign born men in the U.S., using the 2000 Census. Overeducation is found to be more common among recent labor...
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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 …
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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 …
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