Artikel
Language proficiency and immigrants’ economic integration
Over recent decades, Western countries have admitted many immigrants from non-traditional regions (e.g. Philippines, India, China), which has coincided with poor economic integration. Language proficiency is an important determinant of economic integration; in addition to being a component of human capital, it plays a key role in facilitating the transmission of other components of human capital. Examining the strengths and weaknesses of objective and subjective measures of language proficiency is crucial for good integration policy, as is understanding the relationship between these measures and earnings, a key indicator of economic integration.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2019 ; Bonn: Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- Subject
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immigrants
cognitive ability
language
literacy
objective measures
subjective measures
earnings
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Daley, Angela
Hu, Min
Warman, Casey
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
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Bonn
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2019
- DOI
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doi:10.15185/izawol.469
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- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
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Object type
- Artikel
Associated
- Daley, Angela
- Hu, Min
- Warman, Casey
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2019