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雇主语言能力要求与移民雇佣
Employers’ Language Proficiency Requirements and Hiring of Immigrants
摘要
Abstract Labor markets in advanced economies have undergone substantial change due to globalization, technological improvements, and organizational changes, making language proficiency increasingly important even in less skilled jobs. Has this development led employers to shy away from hiring immigrants with limited host-country language skills? We shed light on this question by conducting a large-scale field experiment, where we introduce common second-language features in immigrants’ resumes. We also conduct employer surveys to interpret our experimental results. Our main finding is that language proficiency has a strong positive effect on being invited to a job interview, even in typical immigrant entry jobs.
中文摘要
摘要 发达经济体的劳动力市场因全球化、技术进步和组织变革而经历了重大变化，使得语言能力即使在技能要求较低的岗位中也日益重要。这一发展是否导致雇主回避雇佣东道国语言能力有限的移民？我们通过开展大规模实地实验来探讨此问题，在实验中我们在移民简历中引入了常见的第二语言特征。同时，我们还进行了雇主调查以解读实验结果。我们的主要发现是，语言能力对获得面试邀请具有显著的正向影响，即使在典型的移民入门级工作中也是如此。