Arbeitspapier
Language proficiency and homeownership: Evidence from U.S. immigrants
In this paper we deliver first causal evidence on the relationship between immigrant host country language proficiency and homeownership. Using an instrumental variable strategy, we find a substantial positive impact of language skills on the propensity to own a home and the quality of housing. While this effect is mediated by education and household income, our estimates also speak in favor of a direct effect. Our results highlight the importance of host-country-specific human capital and, in particular, language proficiency for socio-economic assimilation.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Discussion Paper ; No. 2023/3
Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Housing Demand
Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
immigrants
assimilation
homeownership
Steinhardt, Max Friedrich
Voss, Simon
- DOI
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doi:10.17169/refubium-38193
- Handle
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urn:nbn:de:kobv:188-refubium-38475-8
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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20.09.2024, 08:23 MESZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Luik, Marc-André
- Steinhardt, Max Friedrich
- Voss, Simon
- Freie Universität Berlin, School of Business & Economics
Entstanden
- 2023