We examine the impact of language training on the economic integration of immigrants in France. The assignment to this … test score of an initial language exam is below a certain threshold. This eligibility rule creates a discontinuity in the … relation between the test result and the variables of interest, which is used to estimate the causal effect of language …

We examine the impact of language training on the economic integration of immigrants in France. The assignment to this … test score of an initial language exam is below a certain threshold. This eligibility rule creates a discontinuity in the … increases labor force participation of the treated individuals. The language classes appear to have a larger effect for labor …

We examine the impact of language training on the economic integration of immigrants in France. The assignment to this … test score of an initial language exam is below a certain threshold. This eligibility rule creates a discontinuity in the … relation between the test result and the variables of interest, which is used to estimate the causal effect of language …

immigrants using the timing-of-events duration model. We take account of language course participation and progression in … destination country language skills. We use rich administrative data from Denmark. We find substantial lock-in effects of … positive for wage subsidy programmes, but not for other types of programmes. For language course participants, improvement in …

labour market integration. We investigate a government-sponsored language training programme for immigrants in France. Using …Language training programmes have become a crucial part of immigrant integration policies in many developed countries …

assimilation in France. We find that among all immigrants those who are intermarried earn around 17 percent more than those who are … French language before migration than for those whose language skill is poor. This result seems to suggest that, perhaps …, immigrants who have a strong base in the native language can better reap the gain from intermarriage …

We study the effects of performance bonuses in immigrant language training for adults. A Swedish policy pilot conducted … arrived migrants. The results suggest substantial effects on average student achievement. But these were fully driven by … similar for men and women, and present for migrants from different parts of the world. The bonus had a less clear impact on …

introduced, flexible language instruction parallel with other labor market activities at the Public Employment Service (PES) and …

international (and internal) migrants, both in terms of the ease of obtaining proficiency in the destination language and access to … linguistic enclaves, (2) the determinants of destination language proficiency among international migrants, based on a model (the …This paper provides a review of the research on the ‘economics of language' as applied to international migration. Its …

, on arrival, do not know their host country's language. It reviews problems of economic integration into the labor market …