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linguistic enclaves, (2) the determinants of destination language proficiency among international migrants, based on a model (the … international (and internal) migrants, both in terms of the ease of obtaining proficiency in the destination language and access to … destination language skills, and Economic incentives for acquiring this proficiency, (3) the consequences for immigrants of …
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destination among international migrants, the determinants among immigrants of destination language proficiency, and the labor …This chapter reports on the “economics of language” for immigrants—that is, the influence of language on the choice of … market consequences of that proficiency, as expressed in their earnings. Immigrants tend to take language differences across …
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effects of over-education and overskilling among immigrants graduating from EU 15 based universities in 2005. Female … immigrants with shorter durations of domicile were found to have a higher likelihood of overskilling. Newly arrived immigrants … and overeducation in the female labour market. Established immigrants were found to enjoy a wage premia, particularly …
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proficiency, and the effect of language on earnings and employment probabilities of non-white immigrants. Our results show that … language acquisition, employment probabilities, as well as earnings differ widely across non-white immigrants, according to … results found for other countries, language proficiency seems to be more important for labour market outcomes of UK immigrants. …
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primarily rewards individual characteristics other than immigration status. We also found that the lowest paid immigrants, whom … are disproportionately non-white, suffer an earnings penalty in the labour market, whereas higher paid immigrants, whom …
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as measured by English as Additional Language (EAL), contribute to the immigrant-native wage gap for female employees in …
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We investigate the extent to which deficiency at English as measured by English as Additional Language (EAL …
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on English language skills, we test whether immigrants who are proficient in English choose to move to countries where … exogenous determinant for English proficiency of migrants of different ages, and we consider cohort data on migration among 29 … European countries, where English is not the official language and where labor mobility is essentially free. Our estimation …
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population became displaced, with many seeking refuge across Europe. Czechia emerged as a key destination, granting Temporary … Ukrainian refugees worldwide. The swift enactment of the Lex Ukraine Act granted the refugees benefits typically reserved for … short-term impact of the influx of the Ukrainian refugees on the labour market outcomes of locals in Czechia. Using several …
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creates negative peer effects on their children. In North Carolina there has been a significant increase in immigrants … especially those with limited English language skills and recent data suggest that North Carolina has the 8th largest ELL student … population with over 60 percent of immigrants coming from Latin America and the Caribbean. While past research suggests negative …
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