Speaking, Reading and Earnings among Low-Skilled Immigrants

Speaking, Reading and Earnings among Low-Skilled Immigrants [electronic resource] / Barry R. Chiswick.

The determinants of English language fluency among immigrants and the effects of fluency on earnings are examined, using a unique data set and a sample of more than 800 illegal aliens apprehended in Los Angeles, California. Analysis of the data show the importance of certain variables not previously...

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Main Author: Chiswick, Barry R.
Corporate Author: University of Illinois at Chicago
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1990.
Subjects:
Communicative Competence (Languages)
Employment Level.
English (Second Language)
Hispanic Americans.
Income.
Labor Market.
Language Fluency.
Multiple Regression Analysis.
Oral Language.
Predictor Variables.
Reading Skills.
Undocumented Immigrants.
Written Language.

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