Language at Work: The Impact of Linguistic Enclaves on Immigrant Economic Integration
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Keywords
Immigrant Workers; Wages; Enclaves; Linguistic Proficiency; Work Language;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAB-2009-10-10 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-MIG-2009-10-10 (Economics of Human Migration)
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