and native-born bilinguals. The empirical testing for the US, Canada, Australia, Israel and Bolivia is supportive of the …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 …

' proficiency in the language of their adopted country is correlated with their productivity, as measured by earnings. Two … ability is linked with language acquisition, and potential measurement error in the language proficiency measures, which would … probably result in under-estimation of language effects. The present study, which uses panel data for a 10-year period in …

-receiving countries such as Canada, the US, and Australia are critically evaluated. The expanded use of skilled temporary foreign workers …