This paper studies the educational consequences of language proficiency by investigating the relationship between … dialect-speaking and academic performance of 5-6 year old children in the Netherlands. We find that dialect-speaking has a … modestly negative effect on boys' language test scores. In addition, we study whether there are spillover effects of peers …

We provide new evidence about language assimilation and its effect on test scores using data from two rounds (conducted …-born children of immigrants were asked to take Woodcock-Johnson achievement test. In both rounds, prior to the administration of … tests, children of Hispanic origin were randomly assigned to take the tests either in Spanish or in English. Therefore, we …

This paper studies the educational consequences of language proficiency by investigating the relationship between … dialect-speaking and academic performance of 5-6 year old children in the Netherlands. We find that dialect-speaking has a … modestly negative effect on boys' language test scores. In addition, we study whether there are spillover effects of peers …

Language proficiency is a crucial skill for immigrants that influences their social integration and their children …'s development. This study examines the intergenerational effects of limited English proficiency (LEP) on children's health and … structural break in language acquisition, based on the parent's age at arrival into Australia. We find that parental LEP has a …