Occupational language requirements and the value of English in the US labor market

被引：112

作者：

Chiswick, Barry R. ^{[1
,2
]}

Miller, Paul W. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Illinois, Dept Econ, Chicago, IL 60607 USA

[2] IZA Inst Study Labor, Bonn, Germany

[3] Univ Western Australia, Sch Business, Perth, WA 6009, Australia

来源：

JOURNAL OF POPULATION ECONOMICS | 2010年 / 23卷 / 01期

基金：

澳大利亚研究理事会;

关键词：

English language; Earnings; Occupation; PRIVATE-SECTOR WAGES;

D O I：

10.1007/s00148-008-0230-7

中图分类号：

C921 [人口统计学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

This paper is concerned with the English-language requirements of occupations in the USA, as measured by the O*NET database. These scores are linked to employed native and foreign-born men in the 2000 Census. Earnings increase with the respondent's proficiency in English, with the English proficiency required for the occupation, and when those with high levels of proficiency work in jobs requiring English-language skills (interaction effect). There is a strong economic incentive for the matching of worker's English skills and the occupation's requirements, and this matching tends to occur in the labor market.

引用

页码：353 / 372

页数：20

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