The return to English in a Non-English speaking country: Russian immigrants and native Israelis in Israel

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Lang, Kevin ^a   Siniver, Erez ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b College of Management Academic Studies ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Human capital; Language; Language skill complementarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 73249133025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2274     Document Type: Article

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