This paper examines whether language classes raises refugees' language proficiency and improves their socio … in Denmark, as well as the quasi-random assignment of the refugees to locations with varying proximity to a language … training center. First, we show that refugees' distance from the assigned language training center is as good as random …

This paper examines whether language classes raises refugees' language proficiency and improves their socio … in Denmark, as well as the quasi-random assignment of the refugees to locations with varying proximity to a language … training center. First, we show that refugees' distance from the assigned language training center is as good as random …

We study the causal effects of previous experience and language skills when newly arrived refugees in Sweden apply for … job openings by means of a field experiment. Applications were sent from randomly assigned fictitious Syrian refugees with … experience in jobs with low skill requirements and completed language training in Swedish to employers advertising low …

, a finding that has implications for immigrant settlement policies. -- computers ; internet ; immigrants ; language … use in Australia is much higher than in most of the countries that Australia's immigrants come from, this evidence … capital skills shows that educational attainment and destination language skills are complements to computer use. The use of a …

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 …

language knowledge of low-educated migrants causes these results, as immigrants for whom themother tongue is similar to the …We examine the heterogeneous impacts of foreign language use at work on earnings of both native-born workers and … 2001. Our findings are the following. First, for native-born workers with a tertiary diploma, using a foreign language at …

impacts following from new immigrants are not found to be warranted. However, it is also clear that government policies and … practices regarding the selection and integration of new migrants affect labour market, fiscal and social/cultural outcomes …

effect of concentrations on the immigrant?s language skills, as well as the effects on immigrant earnings of destination …This paper is concerned with the determinants and consequences of immigrant/linguistic concentrations (enclaves). The … language skills and the linguistic concentration. These hypotheses are tested using PUMS data from the 1990 U.S. Census on …

We analyze an immigration reform in Denmark that tightened refugee immigrants' eligibility criteria for permanent … residency to incentivize their labor market attachment and acquisition of local language skills. Contrary to what the reform … intended, the overall employment of those affected decreased while their average language proficiency remained largely …

We analyze an immigration reform in Denmark that tightened refugee immigrants' eligibility criteria for permanent … residency to incentivize their labor market attachment and acquisition of local language skills. Contrary to what the reform … intended, the overall employment of those affected decreased while their average language proficiency remained largely …