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dc.contributor.authorDeVoretz, Don J.en
dc.contributor.authorWerner, Christianeen
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T16:18:06Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T16:18:06Z-
dc.date.issued2000-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/20951-
dc.description.abstractThe preponderance of minimal second language acquisition by immigrants worldwide isstriking. This paper proposes a theoretical model, which analyzes the underlying forces thatcontribute to this outcome of minimal secondary language acquisition by immigrants in suchdiverse immigrant-receiving countries as Canada, Germany, Israel and the United States. Itis argued that the weak incentive structures for second language acquisition for animmigrant appear in four analytically separate spheres including the labour market, political,social, and education spheres. Furthermore, two integration regimes are imposed in thesespheres – no government interference, or government-mandated minimum languageacquisition after arrival. In all cases and in all spheres, it is argued that, for the majority ofimmigrants, the weakest level of second language acquisition – minimum oral and minimumwritten – is the optimal outcome given their incentive structure. In addition, the labourmarket is the primary determinant of this outcome. Finally, several policy measures toincrease the incentives for further second language acquisition are explored.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x110en
dc.subject.jelJ61en
dc.subject.jelJ24en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordImmigrationen
dc.subject.keywordethnic Germansen
dc.subject.keywordCanadaen
dc.subject.keywordlanguage acquisitionen
dc.subject.keywordlabour marketen
dc.subject.keywordintegrationen
dc.subject.keywordassimilationen
dc.subject.stwMigrantenen
dc.subject.stwMehrsprachigkeiten
dc.subject.stwSoziale Integrationen
dc.subject.stwOpportunitätskostenen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsmarkten
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.subject.stwKanadaen
dc.titleA Theory of Social Forces and Immigrant Second Language Acquisition-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn834528622en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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