Increasingly, governments focus on skilled immigration not only to fill labour market gaps but
also due to a perceived political preference for such migration. Across debates in major …

Winner of the AAAL Book Award 2015Winner of the Modern Language Association's Thirty-
Third Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize Winner of the BAAL Book Prize 2014 Translingual …

El aprendizaje del inglés se ha convertido en un importante tema estratégico en América
Latina. Los países han desarrollado estrategias nacionales, creado programas y realizado …

We construct new series for common native language and common spoken language for
195 countries, which we use together with series for common official language and linguistic …

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 …

We study the effect of local unemployment and attitudes towards immigrants at the time of
arrival on refugees' multi-dimensional integration outcomes. We leverage a centralized …

We study the labour market performance of refugees vis-à-vis comparable migrants across
20 European countries and over time. In the first part of our analysis, we document that …

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 …

This innovative new handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the ways in which
domestic education policy is framed and influenced by global institutions and actors …