Language and Migration

Alícia Adserà, Mariola Pytlikova and Hillel Rapoport ()
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Alícia Adserà: Princeton University

Chapter Chapter 12 in The Palgrave Handbook of Economics and Language, 2026, pp 299-342 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Being able to communicate is key to immigrants’ assimilation in the host country labor market and society. This chapter reviews the importance of language in the economics of international migrations. Research in the area focuses on (1) the role of language as a determinant of locational choices of migrants, (2) language proficiency among migrants, and (3) the effects of immigrants’ linguistic skills and language acquisition on their labor market and socioeconomic outcomes.

Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-88240-1_12

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