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abstract: 'This article investigates whether and to what extent poor proficiency in
Italian impairs immigrants'' labor market integration in Italy. Using
individual-level survey data, we apply instrumental variables methods to
leverage presumably exogenous variations in Italian proficiency induced
by immigrants'' demo-linguistic characteristics (e.g., age at arrival,
linguistic distance between mother tongue and destination language,
speaking Italian during childhood) and their interplays. We find that,
given the low-skill nature of Italy''s immigrant labor market, poor
proficiency in communication skills (speaking and understanding Italian)
produces larger penalties for immigrants'' labor force participation and
employment than does the lack of formal skills (reading and writing). In
contrast, no effect is found on immigrants'' job characteristics like the
type of contract and full-time or part-time work. Whereas female
immigrants were more penalized than males by poor linguistic proficiency
in labor force participation, immigrants in linguistic groups that were
more likely to work with (for) co-nationals were less affected by
linguistic barriers than other immigrant groups. Yet, when investigating
perceived integration outcomes, immigrants working with (for)
co-nationals fared worse on feeling at home, feeling accepted, and
overall life satisfaction in Italy. As our analysis shows, linguistic
enclaves in workplaces, while not always representing a hurdle to
immigrants'' labor market success, can generate trade-offs for other
non-labor market integration outcomes. These findings highlight that the
development of linguistic skills should be prioritized in migration
policy agendas, taking into account heterogeneity in immigrants''
demographic and linguistic profiles.'
affiliation: 'Ghio, D (Corresponding Author), European Commiss Joint Res Ctr, Ispra,
Italy.
Ghio, Daniela, European Commiss Joint Res Ctr, Ispra, Italy.
Bratti, Massimiliano, Univ Milan, Milan, Italy.
Bignami, Simona, Univ Montreal, Montreal, PQ, Canada.'
author: Ghio, Daniela and Bratti, Massimiliano and Bignami, Simona
author-email: daniela.ghio@ec.europa.eu
author_list:
- family: Ghio
given: Daniela
- family: Bratti
given: Massimiliano
- family: Bignami
given: Simona
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1177/01979183221107923
earlyaccessdate: JUN 2022
eissn: 1747-7379
files: []
issn: 0197-9183
journal: INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW
keywords: labor market integration; linguistic integration
keywords-plus: 'DESTINATION-LANGUAGE-ACQUISITION; TASK SPECIALIZATION; PROFICIENCY;
ASSIMILATION; EARNINGS; AGE; MIGRATION; ETHNICITY; ENCLAVES; ARRIVAL'
language: English
month: MAR
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '70'
orcid-numbers: 'Ghio, Daniela/0000-0002-2687-7033
Bratti, Massimiliano/0000-0002-4565-6260'
pages: 357-394
papis_id: bc4f8fc88f8096abf084e6653a5e2a08
ref: Ghio2023linguisticbarriers
researcherid-numbers: Bratti, Massimiliano/J-6811-2012
times-cited: '1'
title: Linguistic Barriers to Immigrants' Labor Market Integration in Italy
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000821083300001
usage-count-last-180-days: '4'
usage-count-since-2013: '6'
volume: '57'
web-of-science-categories: Demography
year: '2023'