A macro-level analysis of adult-age language learning

Silke Uebelmesser, Severin Weingarten

This article investigates the macro-level drivers of adult-age language learning. We construct a new dataset that covers German language learning in 77 countries (including Germany) for 1992-2006. Fixed-effects regressions show that language learning in the EU is strongly associated with immigration. Instead, immigration by non-EU citizens in associated with language learning in Germany. Additionally, trade flows are strongly associated with language learning in non-EU high-income economies.

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Year of publication:	June 2017
Authors:	Übelmesser, Silke ; Weingarten, Severin
Publisher:	Munich : CESifo, Center for Economic Studies & Ifo Institute
Subject:	language skills \| language learning \| migration \| migrant networks \| migration policy \| Sprache \| Language \| Mehrsprachigkeit \| Multilingualism \| Migranten \| Migrants \| Englisch (Sprache) \| English (Language) \| Lernen \| Learning \| Migrationspolitik \| Immigration policy \| Fremdsprache \| Foreign language \| Internationale Migration \| International migration \| Soziales Netzwerk \| Social network \| Qualifikation \| Occupational qualification

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (circa 26 Seiten)
Series:	CESifo working papers. - München : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 2364-1428, ZDB-ID 2065232-X. - Vol. no. 6511
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/167497 [Handle]
Classification:	F22 - International Migration ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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