THE IMPACT OF LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ON IMMIGRANTS’ EARNINGS
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| contents | THE IMPACT OF LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ON IMMIGRANTS’ EARNINGS SANTIAGO BUDRÍA PABLO SWEDBERG Economía y Finanzas instru earnings Immigration mental variables Spanish language proficiency This article uses micro-data from the Spanish National Immigrant Survey to analyze the impact of Spanish language proficiency on immigrants’ earnings. The results, based on Instrumental Variables (IV), point to a substantial return to Spanish proficiency, of approximately 20%. This fig- ure varies largely between high- and low-educated immigrants. The high- educated earn a premium of almost 50%, while the premium for the low- educated fails to be statistically significant under some specifications. This conspicuous complementarity between education and language skills poses a challenge for traditional language training policies that need to address the immigrants’ heterogeneous educational background. 2015 artículo científico 1133-455X https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=96938748003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=969 Revista de Economía Aplicada application/pdf Universidad de Zaragoza Revista de Economía Aplicada (España) Num.67 Vol.XXIII |
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| spellingShingle | THE IMPACT OF LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ON IMMIGRANTS’ EARNINGS SANTIAGO BUDRÍA Economía y Finanzas instru earnings Immigration mental variables Spanish language proficiency THE IMPACT OF LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ON IMMIGRANTS’ EARNINGS SANTIAGO BUDRÍA PABLO SWEDBERG Economía y Finanzas instru earnings Immigration mental variables Spanish language proficiency This article uses micro-data from the Spanish National Immigrant Survey to analyze the impact of Spanish language proficiency on immigrants’ earnings. The results, based on Instrumental Variables (IV), point to a substantial return to Spanish proficiency, of approximately 20%. This fig- ure varies largely between high- and low-educated immigrants. The high- educated earn a premium of almost 50%, while the premium for the low- educated fails to be statistically significant under some specifications. This conspicuous complementarity between education and language skills poses a challenge for traditional language training policies that need to address the immigrants’ heterogeneous educational background. 2015 artículo científico 1133-455X https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=96938748003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=969 Revista de Economía Aplicada application/pdf Universidad de Zaragoza Revista de Economía Aplicada (España) Num.67 Vol.XXIII |
| title | THE IMPACT OF LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ON IMMIGRANTS’ EARNINGS |
| topic | Economía y Finanzas instru earnings Immigration mental variables Spanish language proficiency |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=96938748003 |