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http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20333| Title: | Nonparametric Bounds on the Returns to Language Skills |
| Keywords: | J31 J24 C14 ddc:330 nonparametric bounds language skills Hispanic workers labor market outcomes Bildungsertrag Humankapital Hispanics Arbeitsmarkt Lohn Nichtparametrisches Verfahren Vereinigte Staaten |
| Issue Date: | 16-Oct-2013 |
| Description: | This paper applies the theoretical literature on nonparametric bounds on treatment effects to the estimation of how limited English proficiency (LEP) affects wages and employment opportunities for Hispanic workers in the United States. I analyze the identifying power of several weak assumptions on treatment response and selection, and stress the interactions between LEP and education, occupation and immigration status. I show that the combination of two weak but credible assumptions provides informative upper bounds on the returns to language skills for certain subgroups of the population. Adding age at arrival as a monotone instrumental variable also provides informative lower bounds. |
| URI: | http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20333 |
| Other Identifiers: | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20333 ppn:384779697 |
| Appears in Collections: | EconStor |
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