Arbeitspapier
The impact of language proficiency on immigrants' earnings in Spain
This article uses micro-data from the Spanish National Immigrant Survey to investigate the impact of Spanish language proficiency on immigrants' earnings. The results, based on Instrumental Variables (IV), point to a substantial earnings return to Spanish proficiency, of approximately 27%. This figure varies largely across educational groups, with high-qualified workers earning a premium of almost 50%. This conspicuous complementarity between formal qualifications and language skills poses a challenge for traditional language training policies, for these typically neglect the immigrants' heterogeneous educational background.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 6957
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
International Migration
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
- Thema
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immigration
Spanish language proficiency
earnings
instrumental variables
Migranten
Einkommen
Mehrsprachigkeit
Spanisch
Bildungsertrag
Spanien
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Budría, Santiago
Swedberg, Pablo
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2012
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Budría, Santiago
- Swedberg, Pablo
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2012
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