Language Proficiency and Labour Market Performance of Immigrants in the UK

By Christian Dustmann, Francesca Fabbri. Social Science Research Network, 2003

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This paper uses two recent UK surveys to investigate the determinants of language proficiency and the effect of language on earnings and employment probabilities of non-white immigrants. We address the problem of endogenous choice of language acquisition and measurement error in language variables. Our results show that language acquisition, employment probabilities, as well as earnings differ widely across non-white immigrants, according to their ethnic origin. Language proficiency has a positive effect on employment probabilities, and lack of English fluency leads to earning losses.

Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

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Do Enclaves Matter in Immigrant Adjustment? (2002, background): “Moreover, a dichotomous variable is created for whether the origin was a colony (COLONY) of an English-speaking country, that is, of either the United States or the United Kingdom.”
The Effect of Literacy on Immigrant Earnings (2006, background): “Using a variety of approaches to address potential endogeneity and measurement error issues, papers by Chiswick (1991), Chiswick and Miller (1995), Dustmann and Fabbri (2003), Berman, Lang, and Siniver (2003), Bleakley and Chin (2004) and Gonzalez (2005) find substantial effects of hostcountry…”
Ethnic Identity and Labor-Market Outcomes of Immigrants in Europe (2011, neutral): “12 There is a literature that emphasizes the importance of English language fluency (Chiswick, 1978; McManus et al. 1983; Borjas, 1994; Dustmann and Fabbri, 2003) and religion and culture (Iannaccone, 1998; Lazear, 1999; Brown, 2000) for the degree of assimilation and labor market outcomes of immigr”
International Migration and the Economics of Language (2014, background): “United Kingdom In 2000, around 9 percent of the working age population of Britain was born overseas (Dustmann and Fabbri, 2003).”
The Economic Situation of First and Second-Generation Immigrants in France, Germany and the United Kingdom (2010, background): “…Bell (1997), Modood et al. (1997), Leslie and Lindley (2001), Shields and Wheatley Price (2002), Lindley (2002), Blackaby et al. (2002, 2005), Dustmann and Fabbri (2003), Clark and Drinkwater (2005), Elliott and Lindley (2006), Clark and Lindley (2006), or Dustmann and Theodoropoulos (2008).”
Oppositional Identities and Employment for Ethnic Minorities: Evidence from England (2010, neutral): “…whites or to 4Other related literatures emphasise the importance of English language fluency (Chiswick, 1978; McManus et al. 1983; Borjas, 1994; Dustmann and Fabbri, 2003) and religion and culture (Iannaccone, 1998; Lazear, 1999; Brown, 2000) for the degree of assimilation and labor market…”
Immigrants in the British Labour Market (2005, background): “Results from Dustmann and Fabbri (2003) indicate that”
Poles Apart? EU Enlargement and the Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrants in the UK (2006, background): “This group is separately identified because of the large language penalties that have been found for immigrants in the UK labour market (Dustmann and Fabbri, 2003; Leslie and Lindley, 2001).”
The Impact Of Immigration On The Structure Of Wages: Theory And Evidence From Britain (2012, neutral): “One explanation is that this might be due to language difficulties (on this see also Dustmann and Fabbri, 2003).”
Oppositional identities and the labor market (2007, neutral): “This literature begins with Chiswick (1978) and has been studied further by, among others, McManus et al. (1983) and Borjas (1994) for the US, and Dustmann and Fabbri (2003) for the UK.”
Differences in labour market outcomes between natives, refugees and other migrants in the UK (2018, background): “the earnings of migrants in the UK (Dustmann and Fabbri, 2003).”