The impact of language proficiency on immigrants’ earnings

  1. SANTIAGO BUDRÍA
  2. PABLO SWEDBERG
Revista:
Revista de economía aplicada

ISSN: 1133-455X

Año de publicación: 2015

Volumen: 23

Número: 67

Páginas: 63-91

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

Este artículo utiliza microdatos de la Encuesta Nacional de Inmigrantes con el fin de analizar el impacto del aprendizaje del Castellano sobre los ingresos de los inmigrantes. Los resultados basados en Variables Instrumentales (VI) apuntan a un retorno al Castellano de alrededor del 20%. La cifra varía en gran medida entre los inmigrantes con niveles de educación alto y aquellos con niveles de educación bajos. Aquellos con un nivel de estudios alto obtienen una prima del 50%, mientras que los inmigrantes con bajos niveles de educación no alcanza a ser estadísticamente significativo bajo algunas especificaciones. Esta evidente complementariedad entre educación y competencias lingüísticas es un desafío para las políticas de inmersión lingüísticas dirigidas a inmigrantes.

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