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dc.contributor.authorChiswick, Barry R.en
dc.date.accessioned2008-09-02-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:30:20Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:30:20Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-2008070230en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/34872-
dc.description.abstractThis paper provides an introduction and overview of my research on the Economics of Language. The approach is that language skills among immigrants and native-born linguistic minorities are a form of human capital. There are costs and benefits associated with this characteristic embodied in the person. The analysis focuses on the economic and demographic determinants of destination language proficiency among immigrants. This is based on Exposure, Efficiency and Economic Incentives (the three E's) for proficiency. It also focuses on the labor market consequences (earnings) of proficiency for immigrants and native-born bilinguals. The empirical testing for the US, Canada, Australia, Israel and Bolivia is supportive of the theoretical models.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3568en
dc.subject.jelJ15en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordImmigrantsen
dc.subject.keywordlanguageen
dc.subject.keywordbilingualismen
dc.subject.keywordhuman capitalen
dc.subject.keywordearningsen
dc.subject.stwSpracheen
dc.subject.stwMehrsprachigkeiten
dc.subject.stwQualifikationen
dc.subject.stwMigrantenen
dc.subject.stwMinderheiten
dc.subject.stwAusländische Arbeitskräfteen
dc.subject.stwSoziale Lageen
dc.subject.stwArbeitslosigkeiten
dc.subject.stwLohnen
dc.subject.stwGeschlechten
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.subject.stwKanadaen
dc.subject.stwAustralienen
dc.subject.stwIsraelen
dc.subject.stwBolivienen
dc.titleThe economics of language: an introduction and overview-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn57210586Xen
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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