THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE FLUENCY AND OCCUPATIONAL SUCCESS OF ETHNIC MINORITY IMMIGRANT MEN LIVING IN ENGLISH METROPOLITAN AREAS By
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This paper examines a crucial aspect of the assimilation experience of ethnic minority immigrants in the United Kingdom. It explores the determinants of their English language (speaking) fluency and the key role such skills play in their occupational success. Our sample is derived from the Fourth National Survey of Ethnic Minorities undertaken in 1994. Uniquely this data contains an interviewer-assessed measure of English language fluency. Importantly, we also attempt to control for possible endogeneity bias in the estimates of the effect of language fluency on occupational success. We find that fluency increases the mean hourly occupational wage by about 20%.
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