destination language skills, and Economic incentives for acquiring this proficiency, (3) the consequences for immigrants of …This paper provides a review of the research on the ‘economics of language' as applied to international migration. Its … primary focuses are on: (1) the effect of the language skills of an individual on the choice of destination among …

effect of concentrations on the immigrant?s language skills, as well as the effects on immigrant earnings of destination … language skills and the linguistic concentration. These hypotheses are tested using PUMS data from the 1990 U.S. Census on … adult male immigrants from non-English speaking countries. Linguistic concentrations reduce the immigrant's own English …

This paper analyzes the effects of language practice on earnings among adult male immigrants in Canada using the 1991 … complementarity between language skills and both schooling and preimmigration experience. That is, greater proficiency in the official … languages enhances the effects on earnings of schooling and pre-immigration labor market experience. Language proficiency and …

proficiency among immigrants. A model of immigrant language proficiency is augmented to include dynamics among family members. It …This paper is concerned with the relationship among family members in the determinants of destination language … is tested using data on a sample of recent immigrants. Children are shown to have a negative effect on their mother …

immigrants. It presents a model of immigrant destination language acquisition based on economic incentives, exposure to the … destination language, and efficiency in second language acquisition. A unique data set, the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to …This paper is concerned with the determinants of English language proficiency (speaking, reading and writing) among …

This chapter reports on the “economics of language” for immigrants—that is, the influence of language on the choice of … destination among international migrants, the determinants among immigrants of destination language proficiency, and the labor … market consequences of that proficiency, as expressed in their earnings. Immigrants tend to take language differences across …

destination language skills, and Economic incentives for acquiring this proficiency, (3) the consequences for immigrants of …This paper provides a review of the research on the 'economics of language' as applied to international migration. Its … primary focuses are on: (1) the effect of the language skills of an individual on the choice of destination among …

This paper extends the analysis of the acquisition of destination language proficiency among immigrants by explicitly …) probit analyses are employed. Immigrant English language skills are greater the younger the age at migration, the longer the … duration of residence, the higher the level of education, and for immigrants not from Asia. Large positive correlations in the …

This paper is concerned with the location of immigrants in the United States, as reported in the 1990 Census. Where … they settle has implications for the economic, social and political impact of immigrants. Immigrants are highly …). The shift away from the east coast metropolitan areas to California reflects the change in the origins of immigrants from …