Language and Migration

Alícia Adserà, Mariola Pytlikova and Hillel Rapoport ()
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Hillel Rapoport: PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris, PJSE - Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris

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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: 2026-01
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Published in Shlomo Weber; Victor Ginsburgh. The Palgrave Handbook of Economics and Language, Palgrave, pp.299-342, 2026

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