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 …

who are proficient in the local dialect earn lower wages than those who are not. We also find that workers with better … dialect skills are more likely to settle for lower wages in exchange for social insurance. We hypothesize that they are doing … work. Further tests show that the phenomenon of "exchanging wages for social insurance participation" is more pronounced …

The globalization of labour markets makes language skills one of the key competences required by employers nowadays …. Our purpose is to estimate the wage premium from foreign language skills (FLS) earned by the Poles. We also want to find …, because the Polish language is not used for international communication, while as much as 58% of Poles command at least one …

This paper analyzes the impact of missionary activity on English language proficiency and labor market earnings of all …