Matching language proficiency to occupation
Subtitle: the effect on immigrants' earnings
By: by Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller.
Contributors: Miller, Paul W.
Series: Discussion paper -- no. 2587; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) -- no. 2587
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Functional literacy -- United States.; Immigrants -- United States -- Economic conditions.; Wages -- United States.
Description: "This paper analyzes the effect on earnings of the matching of English language skills to occupational requirements. It uses data from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) database and a "Realized Matches" procedure to quantify expected levels of English skills in each of over 500 occupations in the US Census. Earnings data from the 2000 US Census for foreign-born adult male workers are then examined in relation to these occupational English requirements. The analyses show that earnings are related to correct matching of an individual's language skills and that of his occupation. Moreover, the findings are robust with respect to a range of measurement and specification issues. Immigrant settlement policy may have a role to play in matching immigrants to jobs that use their language skills most effectively"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
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