This paper examines whether language classes raises refugees' language proficiency and improves their socio … in Denmark, as well as the quasi-random assignment of the refugees to locations with varying proximity to a language … training center. First, we show that refugees' distance from the assigned language training center is as good as random …

This paper examines whether language classes raises refugees' language proficiency and improves their socio … in Denmark, as well as the quasi-random assignment of the refugees to locations with varying proximity to a language … training center. First, we show that refugees' distance from the assigned language training center is as good as random …

concerns about the attachment of immigrants to the labour force, and discussions about the necessary policy responses …. Integrated labour and migration policies are needed. The employment chances of the low-skilled are limited. Whereas Europe could …

linguistic enclaves,(2) the determinants of destination language proficiency among international migrants, based on a model (the … (and internal) migrants, both in terms of the ease of obtaining proficiency in the destination language and access to … destination language skills, and Economic incentives for acquiring this proficiency,(3) the consequences for immigrants of …

We study the causal effects of previous experience and language skills when newly arrived refugees in Sweden apply for … job openings by means of a field experiment. Applications were sent from randomly assigned fictitious Syrian refugees with … experience in jobs with low skill requirements and completed language training in Swedish to employers advertising low …

, a finding that has implications for immigrant settlement policies. -- computers ; internet ; immigrants ; language … use in Australia is much higher than in most of the countries that Australia's immigrants come from, this evidence … capital skills shows that educational attainment and destination language skills are complements to computer use. The use of a …

use in Australia is much higher than in most of the countries that Australia's immigrants come from, this evidence … capital skills shows that educational attainment and destination language skills are complements to computer use. The use of a …

linguistic enclaves, (2) the determinants of destination language proficiency among international migrants, based on a model (the … international (and internal) migrants, both in terms of the ease of obtaining proficiency in the destination language and access to … destination language skills, and Economic incentives for acquiring this proficiency, (3) the consequences for immigrants of …

language knowledge of low-educated migrants causes these results, as immigrants for whom themother tongue is similar to the …We examine the heterogeneous impacts of foreign language use at work on earnings of both native-born workers and … 2001. Our findings are the following. First, for native-born workers with a tertiary diploma, using a foreign language at …

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