This study of the determinants of earnings among adult foreign-born men using the 1990 Census of Population focuses on the effects of the respondent's own English language skills, the effects of living in a linguistic concentration area, and the effects of the stage of the business cycle at...

This paper investigates what factors determine whether a commercial banker is on the board of a non-financial firm. We consider the tradeoff between the benefits of direct bank monitoring to the firm and the costs of active bank involvement in management.

This paper is concerned with analyzing the determinants of language practice among adult male immigrants in Canada using the 1991 Census. A model is developed using human capital theory and an immigrant adjustment process.