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dc.contributor.author | DeVoretz, Don J. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Werner, Christiane | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-01-28T16:18:06Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2009-01-28T16:18:06Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2000 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20951 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The 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.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonn | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aIZA Discussion Papers |x110 | en |
dc.subject.jel | J61 | en |
dc.subject.jel | J24 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Immigration | en |
dc.subject.keyword | ethnic Germans | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Canada | en |
dc.subject.keyword | language acquisition | en |
dc.subject.keyword | labour market | en |
dc.subject.keyword | integration | en |
dc.subject.keyword | assimilation | en |
dc.subject.stw | Migranten | en |
dc.subject.stw | Mehrsprachigkeit | en |
dc.subject.stw | Soziale Integration | en |
dc.subject.stw | Opportunitätskosten | en |
dc.subject.stw | Arbeitsmarkt | en |
dc.subject.stw | Theorie | en |
dc.subject.stw | Deutschland | en |
dc.subject.stw | Kanada | en |
dc.title | A Theory of Social Forces and Immigrant Second Language Acquisition | - |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 834528622 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
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