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 …

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 paper analyzes how the implicit difference in time horizons between refugees and
economic immigrants affects subsequent human capital investments and wage assimilation …

This paper analyzes the determinants of language abilities of migrant workers and the
impact of language proficiency on their earnings position. The analysis is based on data for …

Several studies, most of them employing straightforward regression analysis, have
concluded that immigrants' proficiency in the language of their adopted country is correlated …

The Handbook of the Economics of Education describes the research frontier in key topical
areas and sets the agenda for further work. Modern analysis in the economics of education …

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 …

This paper studies the differences in earnings between Mexican legal and illegal immigrants
in the United States. The analysis includes a cross-sectional examination of the wage …

We use panel data to analyze the determinants of speaking fluency and wages of
immigrants. Our model takes account of two problems that may bias OLS estimates of the …

This paper investigates human capital investment of immigrants whose duration in the host
country is limited, either by contract or by their own choice. The first part of the paper …