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Do host country education and language training help recent immigrants exit poverty?

Abstract

Despite growing interest in host country-specific skills, quantitative assessments of the economic benefit of host country education and training for immigrants are limited. This study addresses this gap by evaluating the impacts of host country formal education and language training on the exit from family poverty among recently arrived immigrant adults. The bivariate probit model and propensity weighting approach are used to analyze data from …

Authors

Kaida L

Journal

Social Science Research, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 726–741

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

May 2013

DOI

10.1016/j.ssresearch.2013.01.004

ISSN

0049-089X

Labels

Fields of Research (FoR)

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)