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English‐Language Skills and the Earnings of Self‐Employed Immigrants in the United States: A Note
Author(s) -
Dávila Alberto,
Mora Marie T.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/j.0019-8676.2004.00335.x
Subject(s) - fluency , earnings , immigration , census , foreign born , demographic economics , english language , selection (genetic algorithm) , psychology , economics , political science , demography , sociology , mathematics education , accounting , computer science , population , artificial intelligence , law
Employing U.S. Census data, this study analyzes how English‐language fluency affected the earnings of self‐employed immigrant men in the 1980s. Our results suggest that English proficiency became a more important determinant of earnings for foreign‐born entrepreneurs in 1990 compared with 1980, even while controlling for factors affecting selection into self‐employment.