Research from the United States shows that gaps in early cognitive and non-cognitive ability appear early in the life cycle. Little is known about this important question for developing countries. This paper provides new evidence of sharp differences in cognitive development by socioeconomic...

We introduce the notion of language disenfranchisement which arises if the number of EU working languages is reduced. We use the data on language proficiency in EU and show that, in spite of the widespread knowledge of English, the retention of French and German as working languages in essential...

Based on research in linguistics and psychology I use language speech as a reflection of acculturation. I use individual and city-level data from the Lake Ontario area in Canada and study the determinants of cultural assimilation. I focus on education, age, income, and in particular, on some...

This paper is concerned with the tension between consumer persuasion and freedom of choice. We study how assertive language (as in the slogan Just do it!) affects consumer compliance in hedonic vs. utilitarian contexts. Previous literature consistently claimed that forceful language would cause...

Studies that investigate the effect of the regional ethnic composition on immigrant outcomes have been complicated by the self-selection of ethnic minorities into specific neighbourhoods. We analyse the impact of own-ethnic concentration on the language proficiency of immigrants by exploiting...

Der vorliegende Beitrag befasst sich mit den Möglichkeiten und Limitierungen der Integration hochqualifizierter Zuwanderer in deutschen Städten. In Bezug auf die in diesem Sammelband aufgegriffene Gerechtigkeitsdebatte bedeutet Gerechtigkeit insbesondere, im lokalen Kontext...

Bei der Integration von Zuwanderern nimmt der Spracherwerb einen hohen Stellenwert ein. Die Sprachförderung ermöglicht erfolgreichen Arbeitsmarktzugang, Bildungsteilnahme und Interaktion mit der Gesellschaft und ist somit für die Zuwanderer, den Staat und die Gesellschaft unabdingbar. Durch...

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the importance of social class, migration background and command of national languages for the PISA school performance of teenagers living in European countries (France, Finland, Germany, United Kingdom, and Sweden) and traditional countries of...

This study provides an account of the dynamics of the dominant language adjustment process among immigrants in Australia using the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia, which comprises two cohorts of immigrants that arrived in Australia around five years apart. There are two special...