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Interpreting the coefficient of schooling in the human capital earnings function

Chiswick, Barry R. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1997

The"human capital earnings function"(HCEF) has become a fundamental tool in research on earnings, wages, and incomes in industrial and developing economies. It is accepted procedure in litigation about earnings, such as cases involving the value of lost earnings due to injury, death, or...

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The "negative" assimilation of immigrants : a special case

Chiswick, Barry R. (contributor); … - 2008

transferability of skills. This paper addresses whether positive assimilation will be found if skills are very highly transferable …

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The economics of language : an introduction and overview

Chiswick, Barry R. (contributor) - 2008

language skills among immigrants and native-born linguistic minorities are a form of human capital. There are costs and …

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Occupational attainment and immigrant economic progress in Australia

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - In: The economic record : er 84 (2008), pp. 45-56

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Earnings and occupational attainment among immigrants

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - In: Industrial relations : a journal of economy & society 48 (2009) 3, pp. 454-465

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Does the choice of reference levels of education matter in the ORU earnings equation?

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2009

This paper examines whether the results of the earnings equation developed in the overeducation/required eduation/under-education (ORU) literature are sensitive to whether the usual or reference levels of education are measured using the Realized Matches or Worker Self-Assessment methods. The...

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An explanation for the lower payoff to schooling for immigrants in the Canadian labour market

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2009

This paper examines the difference between the payoffs to schooling for immigrants and the native born in Canada, using 2001 Census data. Analyses are presented for males and females. Comparisons are offered with findings for the US. The paper uses the Overeducation/Required...

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Matching language proficiency to occupation : the effect on immigrants' earnings

Chiswick, Barry R. (contributor); … - 2007

"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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Earnings and occupational attainment : immigrants and the native born

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2007

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Matching language proficiency to occupation : the effect on immigrants' earnings

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2007

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