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.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2019 ; Bonn: Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Classification
Wirtschaft
Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
Subject
immigrants
cognitive ability
language
literacy
objective measures
subjective measures
earnings

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Daley, Angela
Hu, Min
Warman, Casey
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2019

DOI
doi:10.15185/izawol.469
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  • Daley, Angela
  • Hu, Min
  • Warman, Casey
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Time of origin

  • 2019

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