The complementarity of language and other human capital: Immigrant earnings in Canada

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 469-480

  Chiswick, Barry R ^a   Miller, Paul W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canada; Earnings; Human capital; Immigrants; Language skills; Schooling

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LANGUAGE; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; WAGE DETERMINATION;

CANADA;

EID: 0041423534     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7757(03)00037-2     Document Type: Article

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