This paper is concerned with the location of immigrants in the United States, as reported in the 1990 Census. Where … they settle has implications for the economic, social and political impact of immigrants. Immigrants are highly …). The shift away from the east coast metropolitan areas to California reflects the change in the origins of immigrants from …

effect of concentrations on the immigrant?s language skills, as well as the effects on immigrant earnings of destination … language skills and the linguistic concentration. These hypotheses are tested using PUMS data from the 1990 U.S. Census on … adult male immigrants from non-English speaking countries. Linguistic concentrations reduce the immigrant's own English …

language proficiency of migrants. These studies, however, ignore the choice of location as a function of language skills. Using … data on Mexican migration to the US, we show that migrants choose smaller networks as their English language proficiency …

This paper is concerned with the location of immigrants in the United States, as reported in the 1990 Census. Where … they settle has implications for the economic, social and political impact of immigrants. Immigrants are highly …). The shift away from the east coast metropolitan areas to California reflects the change in the origins of immigrants from …

In this paper we deliver first causal evidence on the relationship between immigrant host country language proficiency … and homeownership. Using an instrumental variable strategy, we find a substantial positive impact of language skills on … capital and, in particular, language proficiency for socio-economic assimilation. …

This paper is an analysis of the determinates of Hebrew language speaking and writing skills and the determinates of … earnings among adult male Jewish immigrants in Israel, using the 1972 Census of Israel. Among other findings, Hebrew speaking … migration and if many others in the area in which the respondent lives speak the same origin language. Country of origin and …

destination language skills, and Economic incentives for acquiring this proficiency, (3) the consequences for immigrants of …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 …

This policy analysis discusses issues regarding the migration to Europe of large numbers of immigrants and refugees who …, on arrival, do not know their host country's language. It reviews problems of economic integration into the labor market …

In this paper we deliver first causal evidence on the relationship between immigrant host country language proficiency … and homeownership. Using an instrumental variable strategy, we find a substantial positive impact of language skills on … capital and, in particular, language proficiency for socio-economic assimilation. …