Population diversity arising from international migration does not only affect the labor market, but also its training …' academic achievements. In this study, I investigate whether having a foreign origin teacher causally affects the language …

This study investigates whether foreign origin teachers causally affect their students language skills in secondary … experience in language learning, bilingual teachers seem exceptionally well-equipped in teaching languages to both native and …

This study is the first empirical analysis to identify the causal effect of a separate preparatory language learning … preparatory classes with a focus on language learning. …

fertility by age at migration as sometimes observed on education or labor market outcomes. Instead, there is an inverted U shape … relationship between age of migration and immigrant fertility, with those migrating in their late teens having the highest … fertility rates when compared to natives. This pattern appears among migrants from all origins - although their fertility levels …

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the importance of social class, migration background and command of national …, for all countries our estimations imply that for students with a migration background a key for catching up is the … language spoken at home. We conclude that educational policy should focus on integration of immigrant children in schools and …

This paper provides an introduction and overview of my research on the Economics of Language. The approach is that … language skills among immigrants and native-born linguistic minorities are a form of human capital. There are costs and … determinants of destination language proficiency among immigrants. This is based on Exposure, Efficiency and Economic Incentives …

not conduct the skill tests due to language difficulties. …

We study the effects of performance bonuses in immigrant language training for adults. A Swedish policy pilot conducted … arrived migrants. The results suggest substantial effects on average student achievement. But these were fully driven by … similar for men and women, and present for migrants from different parts of the world. The bonus had a less clear impact on …

Switzerland radically changed its migration policy in the mid-nineties from a non-qualified only policy to one that … favors the immigration of highly qualified migrants. To analyze the impact of this change on the schooling outcomes of … migrants, this paper compares the PISA (OECD Programme for International Student Assessment) results from 2000, which were not …