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Download full textChiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. – 2002
This paper analyzes the effects of language practice on earnings among adult male immigrants in Canada using data from the 1991 Census of Canada. It examines whether destination language skills are complements to or substitutes in generating earnings with respect to other kinds of human capital (schooling and pre- and post-migration labor market…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, French
Peer reviewedChiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. – Economics of Education Review, 2003
Analyzes the effects of language practice on earnings among adult male immigrants in Canada. Finds that earnings increase with schooling, pre-immigration experience and duration in Canada, as well as with proficiency in the official languages (English and French). Using selective correction techniques, finds that greater proficiency in the…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education, English, Foreign Countries
