Albert Sáiz|Elena Zoido
Listening to What the World Says: Bilingualism and Earnings in the United States
University of Pennsylvania
shortage critical foreign language skills united states recent concerns national security economic globalization suggest increased demand wage premia foreign language speakers use english international language however suggests decrease demand foreign language skills united states address question study representative sample us college graduates ordinary least squares regressions controls cognitive ability nonparametric methods based propensity score panel data methods suggest 23 wage premium college graduates speak second language