The importance of foreign language skills in the labour markets of Central and Eastern Europe: assessment based on data from online job portals

Abstract

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The wage premium from foreign language skills

“…The wage premium estimated in this way will reflect not only returns to FLS, but also returns to other skills and abilities that were useful for studying foreign languages and are useful at work. Thus, the standard approach to address unobserved heterogeneity is to use OLS and include control variables that proxy for cognitive skills (Toomet 2011;Fabo et al 2017;Grin 2001;Fry and Lowell 2003; Ginsburgh and Prieto-Rodriguez 2011; Di Paolo and Tansel 2015). However, the results are rather descriptive in this case and cannot be causally interpreted.…”

“…Most of these papers focus on developed countries [see Grin (2001) for Switzerland; Fry and Lowell (2003), Saiz and Zoido (2005) Levinsohn (2007) and Casale and Posel (2011) for South Africa; Azam et al (2013) for India; Di Paolo and Tansel (2015) for Turkey; and Guo and Sun (2014), Wang et al (2017) for China]. Thus far, not much research in this strand has been conducted for Central and Eastern European countries [see Toomet (2011) for Latvia and Estonia and Fabo et al (2017) for Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary]. Furthermore, most of these studies concentrate on the command of English, with only a few analysing premiums from other languages [see Ginsburgh and Prieto-Rodriguez (2011), Williams (2011), Di Paolo and Tansel (2015)].…”

“…First, this is one of the few studies that identifies the wage premium from proficiency in many different languages-not only English (Di Paolo and Tansel 2015; Williams 2011). Second, my study is one of only a few examining Central and Eastern European countries (Toomet 2011;Fabo et al 2017) and is the first for Poland.…”

A Survey on Skill Identification From Online Job Ads

“…Furthermore, the findings of job ads have provided input for curriculum development and other applications. While analyzing online job ads is a relatively new trend, it builds upon existing empirical literature based on an analysis of traditional, printed job advertisements [4].…”

Exploring the Potential of CLIL in Kazakhstan: A Qualitative Study

“…In a globalized society, where countries are deeply engaged in constant international exchanges, foreign language learning (FLL) is an essential skill (Fabo et al, 2017). Consequently, numerous efforts have been devoted to promoting multilingualism, as well as to better understand how FLL can be enhanced (Eurydice/Eurostat, 2012).…”