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State English-only policies and English-language investments

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  • Marie Mora
  • Alberto Davila

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Many states in the US have considered adopting 'English-only' legislation since the early 1980s. This paper argues that this legislation has a variety of expected and unexpected outcomes. Using the 1980 and 1990 Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS), this study finds that Asian immigrants in general and Hispanic immigrants who arrived to the US prior to 1970 acquired more English fluency on average during the 1980s when residing in states that passed English-only (EO) legislation compared to their similar peers. The passage of such legislation also appears to have distorted residence decisions as well as the relative quality of immigrants between EO and non-EO states.

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  • Marie Mora & Alberto Davila, 2002. "State English-only policies and English-language investments," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(7), pages 905-915.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:34:y:2002:i:7:p:905-915
    DOI: 10.1080/00036840110061677
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    1. Rodolfo Gutiérrez, 2007. "Lengua, migraciones y mercado de trabajo," Documentos de Trabajo del Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales 05-07, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales.

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