Immigrant Earnings: Languga Skills, Linguistic Concentrations and the Business Cycle.

This study of the determinants of earnings among adult foreign-born men using the 1990 Census of Population focuses on the effects of the respondent's own English language skills, the effects of living in a linguistic concentration area, and the effects of the stage of the business cycle at entry into the U.S. labor market.

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Year of publication:	1999
Authors:	Chiswick, B.R. ; Miller, P.W.
Institutions:	George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, Booth School of Business
Subject:	INCOME \| IMMIGRANTS \| LANGUAGES \| BUSINESS CYCLES

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Series:	University of Chicago - George G. Stigler Center for Study of Economy and State.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	36 pages
Classification:	J15 - Economics of Minorities and Races ; J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc ; Z00 - Other Special Topics. General ; E32 - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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