Negative and Positive Assimilation, Skill Transferability, and Linguistic Distance
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- Barry R. Chiswick & Paul W. Miller, 2012. "Negative and Positive Assimilation, Skill Transferability, and Linguistic Distance," Journal of Human Capital, University of Chicago Press, vol. 6(1), pages 35-55.
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assimilation; skill transferability; linguistic distance; immigrants; earnings;JEL classification:
- J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LTV-2011-01-23 (Unemployment, Inequality & Poverty)
- NEP-MIG-2011-01-23 (Economics of Human Migration)
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