美国移民融合:成人英语训练的作用

IF 5.6 1区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

American Economic Journal-Economic Policy Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI:10.1257/pol.20210336

Blake H Heller, Kirsten Slungaard Mumma

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引用次数: 10

摘要

说和理解东道国主要语言的能力与移民融入程度密切相关。我们使用来自马萨诸塞州一个公共成人教育项目的随机注册彩票来估计成年移民的英语语言培训对参与者公民和经济结果的因果影响。参与使选民参与增加一倍，年收入增加2400美元(56%)。随着时间的推移，收入增长带来的税收收入将覆盖项目成本，为纳税人带来6%的回报。我们的研究是美国第一个将成人英语培训作为独立干预的随机评估。(jj72, h75, i21, i26, j15, j24, j31)

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Immigrant Integration in the United States: The Role of Adult English Language Training

The ability to speak and understand a host country’s primary language is strongly associated with measures of immigrant integration. We estimate the causal effects of English language training for adult immigrants on participants’ civic and economic outcomes using randomized enrollment lotteries from a public adult education program in Massachusetts. Participation doubles voter participation and increases annual earnings by $2,400 (56 percent). Increased tax revenue from earnings gains cover program costs over time, generating a 6 percent return for taxpayers. Ours is the first randomized evaluation of adult English language training as a standalone intervention in the United States. (JEL D72, H75, I21, I26, J15, J24, J31)

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American Economic Journal-Economic Policy ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

8.20

自引率

1.90%

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期刊介绍： The American Economic Review (AER) is a general-interest economics journal. The journal publishes 12 issues containing articles on a broad range of topics. Established in 1911, the AER is among the nation's oldest and most respected scholarly journals in economics. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy publishes papers covering a range of topics, the common theme being the role of economic policy in economic outcomes. Subject areas include public economics; urban and regional economics; public policy aspects of health, education, welfare and political institutions; law and economics; economic regulation; and environmental and natural resource economics.