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 …

, India, China), which has coincided with poor economic integration. Language proficiency is an important determinant of … language proficiency is crucial for good integration policy, as is understanding the relationship between these measures and …

capital skills shows that educational attainment and destination language skills are complements to computer use. The use of a …, a finding that has implications for immigrant settlement policies. -- computers ; internet ; immigrants ; language …

This paper analyzes the effect on earnings of the matching of English language skills to occupational requirements. It … that earnings are related to correct matching of an individual's language skills and that of his occupation. Moreover, the … role to play in matching immigrants to jobs that use their language skills most effectively …

In this paper, I estimate the impact of language courses on the wages of new immigrants. I develop a model of … immigrants' investment in language skills which affect wages directly, but also increase the proportion of pre-immigration skills … language course participation. Attending language courses for six months leads to an average wage increase of 11.3 percent. The …

premia for applying their native language on the job in addition to those for English, their trade-fostering potential seems …

capital skills shows that educational attainment and destination language skills are complements to computer use. The use of a …