In this paper we deliver first causal evidence on the relationship between immigrant host country language proficiency … and homeownership. Using an instrumental variable strategy, we find a substantial positive impact of language skills on … capital and, in particular, language proficiency for socio-economic assimilation. …

international (and internal) migrants, both in terms of the ease of obtaining proficiency in the destination language and access to … linguistic enclaves, (2) the determinants of destination language proficiency among international migrants, based on a model (the …This paper provides a review of the research on the ‘economics of language' as applied to international migration. Its …

migrants, destination language skills display both a prerequisite for and outcome of successful integration. Investments into …This article summarizes three different strands of the literature that address the labor market effects of language … ongoing globalization leads to an increased demand for foreign language proficiency to reduce search and information costs and …

. Learning a new language is an investment in human capital. Migrants must learn the language of their destination country, but … even non-migrants must often learn other languages if their work involves communicating with foreigners. Economic studies … have shown that fluency in a dominant language is important to economic success and increases economic efficiency. However …

, on arrival, do not know their host country's language. It reviews problems of economic integration into the labor market …