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dc.contributor.authorQuella, Núriaen
dc.contributor.authorRendón, Sílvioen
dc.date.accessioned2008-09-17-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:35:38Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:35:38Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-2008042104en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/35274-
dc.description.abstractIn multilingual labor markets agents with high proficiency in more than one language may be selected into occupations that require high levels of skill in communicating with customers or writing reports in more than one language. In this paper we measure this effect in Catalonia, where two languages, Catalan and Spanish, coexist. Using census data for 1991 and 1996, and controlling for endogeneity of Catalan knowledge, we find that proficiency in speaking, reading and writing Catalan reinforces selection into communication intensive jobs/positions such as entrepreneurial, trade, and service activities; white-collar occupations; and permanent employment. Interestingly, the effect of language on occupational selection is stronger for women than for men.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3446en
dc.subject.jelJ24en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordOccupational selectionen
dc.subject.keywordlanguageen
dc.subject.keywordlabor marketsen
dc.subject.stwBerufswahlen
dc.subject.stwMehrsprachigkeiten
dc.subject.stwSpanischen
dc.subject.stwKommunikationen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsmarkten
dc.subject.stwKatalonienen
dc.subject.stwSpanienen
dc.titleOccupational selection in multilingual labor markets-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn564785830en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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