international (and internal) migrants, both in terms of the ease of obtaining proficiency in the destination language and access to … linguistic enclaves, (2) the determinants of destination language proficiency among international migrants, based on a model (the …This paper provides a review of the research on the ‘economics of language' as applied to international migration. Its …

migrants, destination language skills display both a prerequisite for and outcome of successful integration. Investments into …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 …

unique survey data of migrants participating in an intensive language course in Germany, we find that the age and skill …We investigate the effect of peer group composition on language improvement in language classes for adults. Using … of regions of origin on average obtain improvements in language skills with a higher probability. …

Speaking the language of the host country eases migrants' integration and tends to boost their economic success in the … migrate. In addition, conditional on being a migrant, the relation between language skills and migrants' integration and … country of destination. However, the decision to acquire language skills may in itself be determined by the intention to …

educated individuals. Introducing a foreign language into compulsory school curricula on the other hand, almost doubles the … number of emigrants to the country where the language is spoken and increases the total number of emigrants by 20%. Depending …

This paper analyzes the effects of language practice on earnings among adult male immigrants in Canada using the 1991 … complementarity between language skills and both schooling and preimmigration experience. That is, greater proficiency in the official … languages enhances the effects on earnings of schooling and pre-immigration labor market experience. Language proficiency and …

This study demonstrates a series of links between minority language skills, their economic return and their … indigenous groups, retaining the minority language along with Spanish increases employment opportunities. Furthermore, we show …