Introduction Part 1: The Determinants of Language Proficiency 1. A Model of Destination-language Acquisition: Application to Male Immigrants in Canada 2. Language Skill Definition: A Study of Legalized Aliens 3. Language Choice Among Immigrants in a Multi-lingual Destination 4. Language in the Immigrant Labor Market 5. Parents and Children Talk: English Language Proficiency within Immigrant Families Part 2: The Effects of Language Proficiency on Labor Market Outcomes 1. Immigrant Earnings: Language Skills, Linguistic Concentrations and the Business Cycle 2. Schooling, Literacy, Numeracy and Labor Market Success 3. Language Skills and Earnings Among Legalized Aliens 4. Language and Labor Supply: The Role of Gender Among Immigrants in Australia 5. Immigrant Adjustment in Israel: The Determinants of Literacy and Fluency in Hebrew and the Effects on Earnings Part 3: The Interaction of Language and Earnings among Immigrants 1. The Endogeneity between Language and Earnings: International Analyses 2. Speaking, Reading, and Earnings Among Low-skilled Immigrants 3. The Linguistic and Economic Adjustment of Soviet Jewish Immigrants in the United States, 1980–2000 Part 4: Language and Earnings among the Native Born 1. The Economic Cost to Native-born Americans of Limited English Language Proficiency, Report Prepared for the Center for Equal Opportunity, August 1998 2. Earnings in Canada: The Roles of Immigrant Generation, French Ethnicity, and Language 3. Indigenous Language Skills and the Labor Market in a Developing Economy: Bolivia Part 5: Language, Networks and Enclaves 1. Do Enclaves Matter in Immigrant Adjustment? 2. Ethnic Networks and Language Proficiency Among Immigrants Part 6: Linguistic Distance 1. The Effect of Linguistic Distance and Country of Origin on Immigrant Language Skills: Application to Israel 2. Linguistic Distance: A Quantitative Measure of the Distance between English and other Languages
Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller
'This book contains an impressive collection of essays on the
Economics of Language. Barry Chiswick and Paul Miller have
addressed a wide range of areas on both the determinants of
language proficiency, and the consequences of language proficiency
for labour market outcomes. They offer a broad and international
perspective. The book provides careful and insightful analysis on
issues relating to language and immigration and will be a great
resource for researchers and graduate students working in this
area.'Professor Christian Dustmann, Department of Economics and
Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), University
College London'Barry Chiswick and Paul Miller have contributed
greatly to an interdisciplinary understanding of the mechanisms,
conditions, and consequences of language acquisition and the
processes of migrant integration as a whole. Their work is a
break-through in many respects.'Professor Hartmut Esser, Department
of Sociology, University of Mannheim'In The Economics of Language:
International Analyses', Barry Chiswick and Paul Miller have put
together their finest articles on the topic. The book is nicely
organized around important topics. The theoretical foundations for
their empirical work come out strongly reminding us that it is
exposure, efficiency and economic incentives that matter for
determining language acquisition. The book will prove of great
value to researchers on language issues, showcasing in a most
useful way the contribution of economists."Harry Anthony Patrinos,
PhD, Lead Education Economist, The World Bank, Washington,
D.C.'Barry Chiswick is one of the most enlightened and insightful
economics researchers alive today. Together with his co-author,
Paul Miller, he has discovered the enormous importance LANGUAGE
plays on the map of socio-economics in terms of jobs, immigration
patterns and advancement in immigrant receiving countries.This book
is obligatory reading for all concerned with immigrant and the
socio-economic aspects of language.'Professor Adam Makkai,
Professor of English and Linguistics University of Illinois at
Chicago Foundation Executive Director of LACUS, The Linguistic
Association of Canada and the United States.'Economics has too long
omitted language, whether language in general or, as in the
pathbreaking work of Chiswick and Miller, languages, plural:how a
Greek migrant to Australia or a Polish migrant to America gets
along by getting fluent. And linguistics too often omits the
economics, provided here in lucid and cosmopolitan bulk. Chiswick
and Miller ask how much language matters to immigrant lives. It
matters a lot, though in surprising ways. The Economics of Language
tells the story of the flight from Babel with theoretical depth and
quantitative precision.'Deirdre McCloskey, Distinguished Professor
in the Departments of Economics, English and History at the
University of Illinois at Chicago.
"Economics has too long omitted language, whether language in
general or, as in the pathbreaking work of Chiswick and Miller,
languages, plural:how a Greek migrant to Australia or a Polish
migrant to America gets along by getting fluent. And linguistics
too often omits the economics, provided here in lucid and
cosmopolitan bulk. Chiswick and Miller ask how much language
matters to immigrant lives. It matters a lot, though in surprising
ways. The Economics of Language tells the story of the flight from
Babel with theoretical depth and quantitative precision."Deirdre
McCloskey, Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Economics,
English and History at the University of Illinois at Chicago.'This
book contains an impressive collection of essays on the Economics
of Language. Barry Chiswick and Paul Miller have addressed a wide
range of areas on both the determinants of language proficiency,
and the consequences of language proficiency for labour market
outcomes. They offer a broad and international perspective. The
book provides careful and insightful analysis on issues relating to
language and immigration and will be a great resource for
researchers and graduate students working in this area.'Professor
Christian Dustmann, Department of Economics and Centre for Research
and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), University College London'Barry
Chiswick and Paul Miller have contributed greatly to an
interdisciplinary understanding of the mechanisms, conditions, and
consequences of language acquisition and the processes of migrant
integration as a whole. Their work is a break-through in many
respects.'Professor Hartmut Esser, Department of Sociology,
University of Mannheim 'In The Economics of Language: International
Analyses', Barry Chiswick and Paul Miller have put together their
finest articles on the topic. The book is nicely organized around
important topics. The theoretical foundations for their empirical
work come out strongly reminding us that it is exposure, efficiency
and economic incentives that matter for determining language
acquisition. The book will prove of great value to researchers on
language issues, showcasing in a most useful way the contribution
of economists."Harry Anthony Patrinos, PhD, Lead Education
Economist, The World Bank, Washington, D.C.'Barry Chiswick is one
of the most enlightened and insightful economics researchers alive
today. Together with his co-author, Paul Miller, he has discovered
the enormous importance LANGUAGE plays on the map of
socio-economics in terms of jobs, immigration patterns and
advancement in immigrant receiving countries.This book is
obligatory reading for all concerned with immigrant and the
socio-economic aspects of language.'Professor Adam Makkai,
Professor of English and Linguistics University of Illinois at
Chicago Foundation Executive Director of LACUS, The Linguistic
Association of Canada and the United States.'Economics has too long
omitted language, whether language in general or, as in the
pathbreaking work of Chiswick and Miller, languages, plural:how a
Greek migrant to Australia or a Polish migrant to America gets
along by getting fluent. And linguistics too often omits the
economics, provided here in lucid and cosmopolitan bulk. Chiswick
and Miller ask how much language matters to immigrant lives. It
matters a lot, though in surprising ways. The Economics of Language
tells the story of the flight from Babel with theoretical depth and
quantitative precision.'Deirdre McCloskey, Distinguished Professor
in the Departments of Economics, English and History at the
University of Illinois at Chicago'Chiswick and Miller’s analyses of
the economic importance of acquiring second languages are striking.
In an increasingly interconnected world, such empirical studies as
these reveal the significant impact of linguistic capital on
economic advancement, and they underscore how important both
education and literacy are in socioeconomic mobility.' - Marcia
Farr, Professor of Education, College of Education and Human
Ecology Adjunct Professor, Department of English The Ohio State
University
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