On the basis of the growing interest on the impact of airborne particles on human exposure as well as the strong debate in Western countries on the emissions of waste incinerators …
Deutschland hat sich verändert. Migration und Integration sind zu konstitutiven Merkmalen seiner Sozial-und Gesellschaftsstruktur geworden. Mit gegenwärtigen und in Zukunft zu …
EP Lazear - Journal of political Economy, 1999 - journals.uchicago.edu
Common culture and common language facilitate trade between individuals. Individuals have incentives to learn the other languages and cultures so that they have a larger pool of …
BR Chiswick, PW Miller - Journal of multilingual and multicultural …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
This paper develops a scalar or quantitative measure of the 'distance'between English and a myriad of other (non-native American) languages. This measure is based on the difficulty …
AP Damm - Journal of Labor Economics, 2009 - journals.uchicago.edu
I examine the effects of the ethnic enclave size on labor market outcomes of immigrants. I account for ability sorting into enclaves by exploiting a Danish spatial dispersal policy under …
We develop a model using human capital theory and an immigrant adjustment process to generate hypotheses on the acquisition of destination-language skills among immigrants …
This book is an original and comprehensive treatment of the languages of Israel-of the practice and of the ideology. Against the background of an original theory of language policy …
B Lancee - International Migration Review, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This paper aims at explaining to what extent social capital can help immigrants in the Netherlands make headway on the labor market. Two forms of social capital are identified …
The focus of this AKI research review is the significance of language for the integration of immigrants into host societies. The background is the emergence and consolidation of …