We examine the effect of language acquisition on the growth of immigrants' earnings. We gathered data on recent Soviet … immigrants to Israel that include retrospective questions on earnings and language ability on entry into their current job …. Language acquisition is found to interact positively with occupation level. Immigrant programmers and computer technicians have …

We examine the effect of language acquisition on the growth of immigrants' earnings. We gathered data on recent Soviet … immigrants to Israel that include retrospective questions on earnings and language ability on entry into their current job …. Language acquisition is found to interact positively with occupation level. Immigrant programmers and computer technicians have …

We use a unique sample of Russian immigrants and natives in Israel to examine the return to English knowledge. In cross …. Language acquisition is an important element in immigrant/native earnings convergence, but most of this convergence is … explained by factors other than language acquisition. These results are confirmed using panel data on wages and knowledge of …

We use a unique sample of Russian immigrants and natives in Israel to examine the return to English knowledge. In cross …. Language acquisition is an important element in immigrant/native earnings convergence, but most of this convergence is … explained by factors other than language acquisition. These results are confirmed using panel data on wages and knowledge of …