Language skills facilitate the economic integration of immigrants

The Population Change and Lifecourse Strategic Knowledge Cluster just released a new Policy Brief summarizing a recent study by Lisa Kaida, Academic director of Memorial RDC, in which she used the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to evaluate the impact of host country formal education and language training on the economic situation of recently arrived immigrant adults. Her results suggest that taking English and French language lessons help new immigrants exit poverty. And for highly educated newcomers, getting a Canadian education also makes a difference. The article published in Social Science Research is available here while the Policy Brief is downloadable here.

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