among the native born and immigrants in the United States and Australia. The analysis for immigrants is performed separately …

Research on the economic or labor market assimilation of immigrants has to date focused on the degree of improvement in … model, and examines the empirical relevance of the hypothesis using data on immigrants from the English-speaking developed … cohort effects, “negative” assimilation (a decline in earnings with duration) is found for immigrants in the US from the …

This paper analyzes the effects of language practice on earnings among adult male immigrants in Canada using the 1991 …

measure is then used in an analysis of the determinants of English language proficiency among adult immigrants in the United …

examines the relevance of the critical period to English proficiency among immigrants in the US. It uses microdata from the … language speaking proficiency among immigrants declines more-or-less monotonically with age at migration, and this relationship …

Using an immigrant assimilation framework, this paper develops a model of the occupational mobility of immigrants and … tests the hypotheses using data on adult males from the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia. The theoretical …

destination language skills, and Economic incentives for acquiring this proficiency, (3) the consequences for immigrants of …

This paper considers the labor market assimilation of immigrants in terms of earnings and employment (employment … country (ESDC). Among men in general, 'negative assimilation' is found for immigrants from the ESDC, and positive assimilation … male counterparts. This may reflect the greater tendency for female immigrants to be tied movers. Among never married …

There are two complementary models of immigrants’ economic and social adjustment – the positive assimilation model of … applicable for immigrants from countries that are very similar in terms of the transferability of skills, culture, and labor …-arrival earnings profiles of immigrants in the US from non-English-speaking countries according to the linguistic distance of their …