Intergenerational Transmission of Language Capital and Economic Outcomes
In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 3074
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In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 3074
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In: The economic journal: the journal of the Royal Economic Society, Band 115, Heft 505, S. 551-578
ISSN: 1468-0297
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In: Oxford review of economic policy, Band 21, Heft 3, S. 462-484
ISSN: 1460-2121
In: The economic journal: the journal of the Royal Economic Society, Band 113, Heft 489, S. 695-717
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In: Journal of development economics, Band 67, Heft 2, S. 351-372
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In: Journal of development economics, Band 67, Heft 2, S. 351-372
ISSN: 0304-3878
If migrants return to their origin countries, two questions arise which are of immediate economic interest for both immigration and emigration country: what determines their optimal migration duration, and what are the activities migrants choose after a return. This paper utilises a unique survey data set which records activities of returned migrants. (DSE/DÜI)
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In: The economic journal: the journal of the Royal Economic Society, Band 111, Heft 470, S. 353-373
ISSN: 1468-0297
This paper uses two recent UK surveys to investigate labour market performance, the determinants of language proficiency, and the effect of language on earnings and employment probabilities of non-white immigrants. Our results show that language acquisition, employment probabilities, as well as earnings differ widely across non-white immigrants, according to their ethnic origin. Language has a strong and positive effects on employment probabilities. Furthermore, lack of English fluency leads to substantial earnings losses of immigrants. While earnings of white and ethnic minority natives develop in a similar manner, there is a large earnings gap between these two groups, and ethnic minority immigrants. English fluency contributes considerably to reducing these differences. Addressing the problems of measurement error and unobserved heterogeneity in language variables, our results indicate that measurement error in the language variable leads to underestimation of the importance of language for employment probabilities and earnings in straightforward regressions. In comparison with results found for other countries, language proficiency seems to be more important for labour market outcomes of UK immigrants.
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In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 7711
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In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 3605
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In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 6257
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In: CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5919
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