The effects of language skills on immigrant employment and wages in Italy
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Keywords
Immigrants; Language skills; Employment; Wages;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EUR-2019-02-04 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-LMA-2019-02-04 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, & Wages)
- NEP-MIG-2019-02-04 (Economics of Human Migration)
- NEP-URE-2019-02-04 (Urban & Real Estate Economics)
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