Immigrant earnings: Language skills, linguistic concentrations and the business cycle |
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| Authors: | Barry R Chiswick Paul W Miller |
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| Institution: | (1) University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Economics (M/C 144), S. Morgan St. 601, 60607-7121 Chicago IL, USA (Fax: +1-312-996-3344; e-mail: brchis@uic.edu), US;(2) University of Western Australia, Department of Economics, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia (Fax: 61-8-9380-1035; e-mail: pwm@kroner.ecel.uwa.edu.au), AU |
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| Abstract: | This study of the determinants of earnings among adult foreign-born men using the 1990 Census of Population focuses on the
effects of the respondent's own English language skills, the effects of living in a linguistic concentration area, and the
effects of the stage of the business cycle at entry into the U.S. labor market. The analysis demonstrates the importance of
English language fluency among the foreign born from non-English speaking countries. There is also strong evidence for the
complementarity between language skills and other forms of human capital. Furthermore, there is strong evidence using selectivity
correction techniques for the endogeneity between language and earnings.
Received: 30 November 1999/Accepted: 6 February 2001 |
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| Keywords: | JEL classification: J31 J61 J24 J15 |
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