This study provides an account of the dynamics of the dominant language adjustment process among immigrants in … language skills in immigrant selection. A difference between differences approach is used to isolate the impacts of these … category, educational attainment and age at migration impact on immigrant?s language skills. The increased English Proficiency …

components of ethnicity -country of birth, race, skin color, language, and religion - among persons admitted to legal permanent …) Language is shed before religion, and religion may not be shed at all, except among the ultra highly skilled of EB-1. (4 …

There are few studies on occupational choices in Germany, and the second generation occupational choice and mobility is … like Germany occupations also reflect a general socio-economic standing. This paper looks at the patterns of employment in … Germany, analyzes how individual men and women access jobs given their family background, and investigates why men and women …

This article uses micro-data from the Spanish National Immigrant Survey to investigate the impact of Spanish language … earning a premium of almost 50%. This conspicuous complementarity between formal qualifications and language skills poses a … challenge for traditional language training policies, for these typically neglect the immigrants' heterogeneous educational …