language proficiency and labor market earnings of male and female immigrants to the United States. Design … earnings of immigrants. … missionary activity of both Protestants and Catholics on an immigrant’s English language proficiency using a linear probability …

This paper analyzes the impact of missionary activity on English language proficiency and labor market earnings of all … immigrants to the United States by using the pooled files of the American Community Survey (2005-09). We consider the colonial … immigrants from countries with a high concentration of Protestant missionaries tend to exhibit higher levels of English …

United States. In particular, I focus on the annual earnings and skills composition associated with immigrants' chosen …I examine the effect of English language proficiency on the occupational choices of childhood immigrants into the …'s superior language acquisition abilities to estimate the causal effect of English language skills on immigrants' choice of …

The utilization and reward of the human capital of immigrants in the labor market of the host country has been studied … incidence, wage effects and state dependence in overeducation among natives and immigrants. In line with previous research we … find a higher incidence and a lower return to overeducation among immigrants indicating that immigrants lose more from …

This paper develops a theoretical model of optimal schooling levels where ability and family background are the central … explanatory variables. We derive schooling demand and supply functions based on individual wealth maximization. Using NLSY79 data … years of work experience at which individuals' observed earnings approximately equal what they would have been based on …

criteria can ration visas on one or more characteristics that enhance labor market earnings (e.g., education), or on … immigrants to be favorably selected, although this is less intense under the later criteria. The overall favorable selectivity of … immigrants, therefore, depends on the favorable selectivity of the supply of immigrants and the criteria used to ration …

The research on immigration has found falling labor market outcomes of immigrants in many Western countries. In Canada … landed male immigrants, temporary foreign workers have no difficulty transferring their human capital to the Canadian labor … this premium can be partially attributed to the different selection process that temporary foreign workers and immigrants …

criteria can ration visas on one or more characteristics that enhance labor market earnings (e.g., education), or on … immigrants to be favorably selected, although this is less intense under the later criteria. The overall favorable selectivity of … immigrants, therefore, depends on the favorable selectivity of the supply of immigrants and the criteria used to ration …

outcomes, and a broad trend towards greater equality. Earnings gaps have been reduced by, among other factors, improved …