... of intermarriage, the premium is around 25 to 35 per cent. In addition, the intermarriage premium is substantially higher for individuals who have a better grasp of the French language before migration than for those whose language skill is poor. This result seems to suggest that, perhaps, immigrants who have...

.... © MCB UP Limited 1999 Bullying Interventions Language Work psychology Bullying behaviour has been with us for all time. The word bully though has had different usage and various meanings over time. Shakespeare’s Pistol in Henry V demonstrates its use as an expression...

...François Grin; Claudio Sfreddo This paper examines wage rate differentials that set off speakers of Italian (Switzerland’s third national language community) from the rest of the population. Although second language skills are used here as control variables, the focus is on agents’ first language...

...Don Bellante; Carl A. Kogut This study examines the effect of English language ability and time spent in the USA on the earnings of immigrants. Earnings are examined for immigrants of eight broad ancestry areas. Earnings are compared to native‐born Americans of the same ancestry. The study...