Journal article
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