“Language and Migration”

Alícia Adserà; Mariola Pytliková; Hillel Rapoport

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-88240-1_12

“Language and Migration”

Alícia Adserà
, Mariola Pytliková
, Hillel Rapoport

Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The Palgrave Handbook of Economics and Language
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	299-342
Number of pages	44
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031882401
ISBN (Print)	9783031882395
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-88240-1_12
State	Published - Jan 1 2026

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General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
General Business, Management and Accounting
General Arts and Humanities
General Social Sciences

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