' proficiency in the language of their adopted country is correlated with their productivity, as measured by earnings. Two … ability is linked with language acquisition, and potential measurement error in the language proficiency measures, which would … probably result in under-estimation of language effects. The present study, which uses panel data for a 10-year period in …

This paper investigates the intergenerational transmission of language capital amongst immigrants, and the effect of … language deficiencies on the economic performance of second generation immigrants. Using a long panel that oversamples … association between parents' and children's fluency, conditional on parental and family characteristics. We find that language …