This paper provides a review of the research on the ‘economics of language' as applied to international migration. Its … primary focuses are on: (1) the effect of the language skills of an individual on the choice of destination among … international (and internal) migrants, both in terms of the ease of obtaining proficiency in the destination language and access to …

Germany and Canada stand at polar ends of the scientific debate over language integration and ascension to citizenship … aims at language as a criterion for legal immigration. Canada, in effect, does not base entry or citizenship on knowledge … of either of its official languages. Acquisition of a second language in Canada is voluntary and largely dependent on …

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

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