English listening, speaking, and earnings among workers in urban China

Weiguo Zhang and Donald Lien

Education Economics, 2020, vol. 28, issue 2, 211-223

Abstract: This paper explores the relationship between English language skills and earnings among workers in urban China using micro-data from the 2015 China General Social Survey. Using OLS and 2SLS regressions, we find that there are positive economic returns to English language skills (both listening and speaking) among workers in urban China. We also find that there is considerable heterogeneity in the returns to English skills. There is a relationship of complementarity between language and other human capital such as working experience. But only limited evidence with respect to the complementarity between language and education has been found in our setting.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2020.1722984

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