Gender, Earnings, and the English Skill Acquisition of Hispanic Workers in the United States

Marie T Mora and Alberto Davila

Economic Inquiry, 1998, vol. 36, issue 4, 631-44

Abstract: Using the 1980 and 1990 Public Use Microdata Samples, the authors find that labor market outcomes associated with English proficiency vary with respect to gender. For example, a synthetic cohort analysis provides evidence of gender-related differences in Hispanic workers' English skill acquisition. Moreover, the authors observe that Hispanic women face a lower English deficiency earnings penalty that rises more sharply with education than the penalty obtained by their otherwise similar male peers. Finally, English fluency appears to serve as a stronger occupational sorting mechanism for women than men. Copyright 1998 by Oxford University Press.

Date: 1998
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