This paper surveys recent empirical studies on the economic impacts of immigration. The
survey first examines the magnitude of immigration as an economic phenomenon in various …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes the numbers and characteristics of international
migrants to selected developed countries, explores some of the economic factors motivating …

This revised and updated fifth edition of Immigrant America: A Portrait provides a
comprehensive and current overview of immigration to the United States, including its …

The early work of Gilles Grenier, and Walter McManus, William Gould, and Finis Welch
concluded that US immigrants who are proficient in the English language have higher …

This paper uses two recent UK surveys to investigate the determinants of language
proficiency and the effect of language on earnings and employment probabilities of non …

This chapter reports on the “economics of language” for immigrants—that is, the influence of
language on the choice of destination among international migrants, the determinants …

Sjaastad (1962) viewed migration in the same way as education: as an investment in the
human agent. Migration and education are decisions that are indeed intertwined in many …

We evaluate a Danish reform focused on improving language training for those granted
refugee status on or after January 1, 1999. Using a Regression Discontinuity Design, we find …

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 …

Research on the effect of language skills on earnings is complicated by the endogeneity of
language skills. This study exploits the phenomenon that younger children learn languages …