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Language Skills and Immigrant Adjustment : What Immigration Policy Can Do!
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2021
This study provides an account of the dynamics of the dominant language adjustment process among immigrants in Australia using the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia, which comprises two cohorts of immigrants that arrived in Australia around five years apart. There are two special...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318857
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Citizenship in the United States : The Roles of Immigrant Characteristics and Country of Origin
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2021
This study develops and estimates a model of the naturalization process in the US. The model is based on both the characteristics of immigrants and features of their countries of origin. The empirical analysis is based on the 2000 US Census. Both the characteristics of immigrants and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325078
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An Explanation for the Lower Payoff to Schooling for Immigrants in the Canadian Labour Market
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2009
immigrants' human capital, and under-education to favourable selection in immigration. The results show that immigrants have a … effects of under-education, or selection in immigration, are, however, twice as large as the effects of over-education, or … limited international transferability of human capital. Favourable selection in immigration appears to be less important in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155548
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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001672905
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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
This study develops a theoretical framework for the study of the tendency for immigrant groups to be geographically concentrated. Testing the model for Australia shows that the extent of geographic concentration of immigrant groups is negatively related to age at migration, duration of residence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410657
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Where Immigrants Settle in the United States
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2021
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 geographically concentrated. Compared to the native born they are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319128
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Chapter 5. International Migration and the Economics of Language
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 211-269). 2015
destination among international migrants, the determinants among immigrants of destination language proficiency, and the labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025478
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International Migration and the Economics of Language
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2014
(and internal) migrants, both in terms of the ease of obtaining proficiency in the destination language and access to … linguistic enclaves,(2) the determinants of destination language proficiency among international migrants, based on a model (the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013060629
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The Determinants of the Geographic Concentration Among Immigrants : Application to Australia
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew L.; Miller, Paul W. - 2021
This study develops a theoretical framework for the study of the tendency for immigrant groups to be geographically concentrated. Testing the model for Australia shows that the extent of geographic concentration of immigrant groups is negatively related to age at migration, duration of residence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320582
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The 'Negative' Assimilation of Immigrants : A Special Case
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2021
internationally. It outlines the conditions for "negative" assimilation in the context of the traditional immigration assimilation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325100