The Economics of Language : An Introduction and Overview

This paper provides an introduction and overview of my research on the Economics of Language. The approach is that language skills among immigrants and native-born linguistic minorities are a form of human capital. There are costs and benefits associated with this characteristic embodied in the person. The analysis focuses on the economic and demographic determinants of destination language proficiency among immigrants[...]

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Year of publication:	2008-06-01
Authors:	Chiswick, Barry R.
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Humankapital \| Migrant <Einwanderer> \| Zweisprachigkeit \| Sprache \| Einkommen \| income

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Extent:	153600 bytes 31 p. application/pdf
Series:	Universität Bonn - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA) - Discussion Papers in 2008 Discussion Paper ; 3568 (2008)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	J15 - Economics of Minorities and Races ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc ; J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; Ergonomic job analysis ; Media management ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; Canada ; USA ; Bolivia ; Israel ; Australia
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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