English deficiency and the native-immigrant wage gap

Alfonso Miranda; Yu Zhu

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2012.09.007

English deficiency and the native-immigrant wage gap

Alfonso Miranda
, Yu Zhu

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Abstract

Using the interaction of language of country of birth and age-at-arrival as instruments, we find strong evidence of a causal effect of English as Additional Language (EAL) on the native-immigrant wage gap for male employees in the UK.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	38-41
Number of pages	4
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	118
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2012.09.007
Publication status	Published - Jan 2013

Keywords

Age-at-arrival
English as Additional Language (EAL)
Native-immigrant wage gap

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Economics and Econometrics
Finance

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