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Title: Dynamics of English Fluency Return for Refugees and Other Immigrants in the United States

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2019

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ISSN: 15562956

DOI: 10.1080/15562948.2018.1547939

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Abstract: Previous work has established that U.S. immigrants earn more if they are fluent in English, but a portion of that return likely reflects biases because fluency is correlated with unobserved factors such as self-selection and ability to job shop. This article investigates those factors by looking at the variation in the crude fluency returns earned by resettled refugees and other immigrants in the United States. Results show that nonrefugees initially earn a much larger wage return for fluency, and this gap persists in the first years after immigration. However, refugees’ return does eventually increase and catches up with that of the nonrefugees.

Url: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15562948.2018.1547939

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Authors: Shaeye, Abdihafit

Periodical (Full): Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies

Issue: 4

Volume: 17

Pages: 457-475

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration

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