Language Use Affects How Much an Immigrant Earns

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2008

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Anisef, Paul
Walters, David
Phythian, Kelli

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Abstract

Recent immigrants tend to have good educations. However, their language use and the amount of time that they have spent in Canada can have an impact on their earnings.

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Immigration, Identity, Labour

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Walters, D., Phythian, K., & Anisef, P. (2006). Understanding the economic integration of immigrants: A wage decomposition of the earnings disparities between native-born Canadians and immigrants of recent cohorts. CERIS Working Paper Series, 42.