This article summarizes three different strands of the literature that address the labor market effects of language … ongoing globalization leads to an increased demand for foreign language proficiency to reduce search and information costs and … migrants, destination language skills display both a prerequisite for and outcome of successful integration. Investments into …

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 … English language acquisition difficulty among native speakers of other languages. I find that higher proficiency allows …

This paper analyzes the impact of missionary activity on English language proficiency and labor market earnings of all …

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

expanded due to globalization in recent decades. It is widely believed that there are sizable economic returns to English-language … groups do. -- English language ; human capital ; India …