The Effect of Language Training on Immigrants' Economic Integration - Empirical Evidence from France

Lochmann, Alexia; Rapoport, Hillel; Speciale, Biagio

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“…Studies for other countries have also pointed at local language proficiency as a key factor differentiating refugees and other migrants (Auer, 2018;Aydemir, 2011;Cortes, 2004). Moreover, Lochmann et al (2017) evaluate the impact of language training in France and found that the training had a higher effect on labor force participation for refugees compared to other groups such as family migrants. In the UK, there is anecdotic evidence that lack of English proficiency is an obstacle for refugees to obtain a national insurance number in order to prove that they have the right to work in the country (All Party Parliamentary Group on Refugees, 2017).…”

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Differences in Labour Market Outcomes between Natives, Refugees and Other Migrants in the UK

Ruiz

Vargas‐Silva

2017

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Differences in Labour Market Outcomes between Natives, Refugees and Other Migrants in the UK

Ruiz

Vargas‐Silva

2017

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The Impact of Language Skills on Immigrants’ Labor Market Integration: A Brief Revision With a New Approach

Schuß

2018

The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis &Amp; Policy

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I examine the impact of language skills on immigrants’ labor market performance by applying a new approach, which allows to estimate wage benefits attributed to initial language skills at arrival. By exploiting unique data, I isolate the endogenous part of current German skills and instrument current command by German proficiency measured retrospectively at the point in time of migration. This approach tackles the problem that labor market effects from current language skills are at risk to reflect merely the sum of a successful residence in Germany and only display growth effects. I find that a good command of German increases labor market income by 47.0% for males, while no significant language effects are detected for females. Further analyses illustrate that differences in language effects by gender can be attributed to selection into different occupations and part-time employments and that language operates complementary and enables cross-border transferability of human capital.

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The Effect of Language Training on Immigrants' Economic Integration - Empirical Evidence from France

Cited by 2 publications

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Differences in Labour Market Outcomes between Natives, Refugees and Other Migrants in the UK

Differences in Labour Market Outcomes between Natives, Refugees and Other Migrants in the UK

The Impact of Language Skills on Immigrants’ Labor Market Integration: A Brief Revision With a New Approach

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