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The determinants of the geographic concentration among immigrants : application to Australia
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - 2002
related to age at migration, duration of residence in Australia and the proportion of the birthplace group that is fluent in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410657
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Immigrants' language skills and visa category
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - 2002
This paper is concerned with the determinants of English language proficiency among immigrants in a longitudinal survey for Australia. It focuses on both visa category and variables derived from an economic model of the determinants of destination language proficiency among immigrants. Skills...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410920
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Immigrants' language skills : the Australien experience in a longitudinal survey
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - 2002
This paper is concerned with the determinants of English language proficiency (speaking, reading and writing) among immigrants. It presents a model of immigrant destination language acquisition based on economic incentives, exposure to the destination language, and efficiency in second language...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411553
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Enclaves, language and the location choice of migrants
Bauer, Thomas K.; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2002
Empirical studies in the migration literature have shown that migration enclaves (networks) negatively affect the … data on Mexican migration to the US, we show that migrants choose smaller networks as their English language proficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011412790
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Linguistic distance : a quantitative measure of the distance between English and other languages
Chiswick, Barry R. (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002226072
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Where immigrants settle in the United States
Chiswick, Barry R. (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002181682
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Parents and children talk : the family dynamics of English language proficiency
Chiswick, Barry R. (contributor); Lee, Yew Liang (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
) probit analyses are employed. Immigrant English language skills are greater the younger the age at migration, the longer the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002157943
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Parents and children talk : English language proficiency within immigrant families
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - In: Review of Economics of the Household 3 (2005) 3, pp. 243-268
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003195105
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Family matters : the role of the family in immigrants' destination language acquisition
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - In: Journal of population economics 18 (2005) 4, pp. 631-647
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003233712
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Enclaves, language, and the location choice of migrants
Bauer, Thomas K.; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - In: Journal of population economics 18 (2005) 4, pp. 649-662
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003233727