international (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 …This paper provides a review of the research on the ‘economics of language' as applied to international migration. Its …

destination among international migrants, the determinants among immigrants of destination language proficiency, and the labor …, Efficiency in acquiring destination language proficiency, including education, age at migration and linguistic distance, among …This chapter reports on the “economics of language” for immigrants—that is, the influence of language on the choice of …

(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 …This paper provides a review of the research on the ‘economics of language' as applied to international migration. Its …

uses the Overeducation/Required education/Undereducation framework (Hartog, 2000) and a decomposition developed by Chiswick … immigrants' human capital, and under-education to favourable selection in immigration. The results show that immigrants have a … lower payoff to schooling because of the different effects under-education and over-education have on their earnings. The …

bilingualism to adult men born in the United States. Bilingualism among the native born is defined as speaking a language at home … other than or in addition to English. Native born bilingualism is rare; only 6.5 percent report a non-English language, and … monolingual English speakers, but the earnings differential varies sharply by the language spoken. Those who speak Native American …