This paper provides a review of the research on the ‘economics of language' as applied to international migration. Its … primary focuses are on:(1) the effect of the language skills of an individual on the choice of destination among international … (and internal) migrants, both in terms of the ease of obtaining proficiency in the destination language and access to …

This paper tests for one mechanism that can explain the existence of a language barrier to trade. Specifically, I ask … Canadian provinces that know the other's language(s). I find that trade in industries with a need to communicate directly … (orally) with importers increases with the probability that people in another province speak the same language. This finding …

Germany and Canada stand at polar ends of the scientific debate over language integration and ascension to citizenship … aims at language as a criterion for legal immigration. Canada, in effect, does not base entry or citizenship on knowledge … of either of its official languages. Acquisition of a second language in Canada is voluntary and largely dependent on …

This paper analyzes the effects of language practice on earnings among adult male immigrants in Canada using the 1991 … Census. Earnings are shown to increase with schooling, pre-immigration experience and duration in Canada, as well as with … complementarity between language skills and both schooling and pre-immigration experience. That is, greater proficiency in the …