The Return To English In A Non-English Speaking Country: Russian Immigrants And Native Israelis In Israel
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- Lang Kevin & Siniver Erez, 2009. "The Return to English in a Non-English Speaking Country: Russian Immigrants and Native Israelis in Israel," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 9(1), pages 1-30, November.
- Kevin Lang & Erez Siniver, 2006. "The Return To English In A Non-English Speaking Country: Russian Immigrants And Native Israelis In Israel," Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series WP2006-033, Boston University - Department of Economics.
- Kevin Lang & Erez Siniver, 2006. "The Return to English in a Non-English Speaking Country: Russian Immigrants and Native Israelis in Israel," NBER Working Papers 12464, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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- J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
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