The impact of education and host language skills on the labor market outcomes of immigrants in Spain

Pablo Swedberg ()
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Pablo Swedberg: St. Louis University (Madrid Campus)

Chapter 41 in Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación, 2010, vol. 5, pp 798-824 from Asociación de Economía de la Educación

Abstract: This article uses micro-data from the Spanish National Immigrant Survey (Encuesta Nacional de Inmigrantes-ENI in Spanish) carried out in 2007 among immigrants in Spain. In recent years, Spain has received unprecedented immigration flows. The economic assimilation of immigrants is crucial for keeping a cohesive and stable society, especially under the particular circumstances of Spain. As a consequence, immigrants need to invest in human capital since it plays a crucial role in determining their economic status. Educational attainment and destination language ability are two essential components of human capital of migrants. As a result, the nature of the immigrants’ labor market participation and their earnings are closely mediated by their host language proficiency and level of schooling. I carry out an analysis of the impact of Spanish language ability on the likelihood of full-time employment among immigrants in Spain. The results indicate that educational attainment and belonging to a higher Spanish speaking proficiency category both lead to an increase in the probability of holding a full-time job.

Keywords: Immigration; Language; Education; Occupational Success; Earnings (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J24 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-84-694-0889-6
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