. -- Wages ; language knowledge ; language use …Canada is a country with two official languages, French and English. The need for both languages in Quebec and the Rest-of-Canada … (ROC) generates a demand for bilingualism and investment in the acquisition of a second official language. Knowledge of an …

This paper provides an introduction and overview of my research on the Economics of Language. The approach is that … language skills among immigrants and native-born linguistic minorities are a form of human capital. There are costs and … determinants of destination language proficiency among immigrants. This is based on Exposure, Efficiency and Economic Incentives …

This article summarizes three different strands of the literature that address the labor market effects of language … ongoing globalization leads to an increased demand for foreign language proficiency to reduce search and information costs and … migrants, destination language skills display both a prerequisite for and outcome of successful integration. Investments into …

, India, China), which has coincided with poor economic integration. Language proficiency is an important determinant of … language proficiency is crucial for good integration policy, as is understanding the relationship between these measures and …

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 …