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Linguistic skills and the intergenerational transmission of language
Caminal, Ramón; Cappellari, Lorenzo; Di Paolo, Antonio - 2018
We investigate the pattern of intergenerational transmission of language in a bilingual society. We consider the case … language affects language skills as well as the language parents speak to their children. Empirically, we exploit the natural … experiment generated by a language-in-education reform that introduced Catalan-Spanish bilingualism at school to estimate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011900963
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Linguistic skills and the intergenerational transmission of language
Caminal, Ramón; Cappellari, Lorenzo; Di Paolo, Antonio - 2018
We investigate the pattern of intergenerational transmission of language in a bilingual society. We consider the case … language affects language skills as well as the language parents speak to their children. Empirically, we exploit the natural … experiment generated by a language-in-education reform that introduced Catalan-Spanish bilingualism at school to estimate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011906199
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Linguistic Skills and the Intergenerational Transmission of Language
Caminal, Ramon - 2018
We investigate the pattern of intergenerational transmission of language in a bilingual society. We consider the case … language affects language skills as well as the language parents speak to their children. Empirically, we exploit the natural … experiment generated by a language-in-education reform that introduced Catalan–Spanish bilingualism at school to estimate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012911169
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Linguistic barriers in the destination language acquisition of immigrants
Isphording, Ingo Eduard; Otten, Sebastian - 2014
There are various degrees of similarity between the languages of different immigrants and the language of their … destination country. This linguistic distance is an obstacle to the acquisition of a language, which leads to large differences in … the attainments of the language skills necessary for economic and social integration in the destination country. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010340174
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Lifecycle wages and human capital investments : selection and missing data
Gobillon, Laurent; Magnac, Thierry; Roux, Sébastien - 2025
We derive wage equations with individual specific coefficients from a structural model of human capital investment over the life cycle. This model allows for interruptions in labour market participation and deals with missing data and attrition problems. We propose a new framework that deals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015373879
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Four Facts about Human Capital
Deming, David J. - 2022
This paper synthesizes what economists have learned about human capital since Becker (1962) into four stylized facts. First, human capital explains at least one-third of the variation in labor earnings within countries and at least half of the variation across countries. Second, human capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014081445
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Four Facts about Human Capital
Deming, David J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper synthesizes what economists have learned about human capital since Becker (1962) into four stylized facts. First, human capital explains at least one-third of the variation in labor earnings within countries and at least half of the variation across countries. Second, human capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334368
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The long-term effects of early sports selection
Mehic, Adrian - 2024 - This version: December 3, 2024
This paper examines the long-term effects of early sports selection using a regression discontinuity design. I show that Swedish track and field athletes who qualified for a one-time appearance with the junior national team at age 17 are less likely to quit sports and more likely to improve...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015154727
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Permanent residency and refugee immigrants' skill investment
Nielson Arendt, Jacob; Dustmann, Christian; Ku, Hyejin - 2023
residency to incentivize their labor market attachment and acquisition of local language skills. Contrary to what the reform … intended, the overall employment of those affected decreased while their average language proficiency remained largely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014315706
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Permanent residency and refugee immigrants' skill investment
Nielson Arendt, Jacob; Dustmann, Christian; Ku, Hyejin - 2023
residency to incentivize their labor market attachment and acquisition of local language skills. Contrary to what the reform … intended, the overall employment of those affected decreased while their average language proficiency remained largely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014320080