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Foreign Language Skills and Willingness to Move: The Case of a Spanish Region
Author(s) -
RodríguezGutiérrez César,
CanalDomínguez Juan Francisco
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international migration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.681
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1468-2435
pISSN - 0020-7985
DOI - 10.1111/imig.12231
Subject(s) - german , foreign language , scope (computer science) , unemployment , demographic economics , probit model , youth unemployment , psychology , ordered probit , political science , labour economics , economics , economic growth , geography , pedagogy , computer science , econometrics , programming language , archaeology
This research is aimed at assessing the effect of foreign language skills on the geographical area selected by the Spanish unemployed when looking for a job. A Zero‐Inflated Ordered Probit ( ZIOP ) model has been estimated to analyse the impact of foreign language skills on the geographical scope of the search. The outcomes show that the job search area is broader in case of men, young unemployed, more educated people, and those who never received unemployment benefits. Likewise, foreign language skills (in English, German and French) are highlighted as one of the most influencing factors when widening the job search area.