Recent immigrants tend to locate in ethnic “enclaves” within metropolitan areas. The
economic consequence of living in such enclaves is still an unresolved issue. We use data …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

We examine the impact of language training on the economic integration of immigrants in
France. The assignment to this training, offered by the French Ministry of the Interior …

India's colonial legacy and linguistic diversity give English an important role in its economy,
and this role has expanded due to globalization in recent decades. In this study, we use …