TY  - GEN
N2  - This paper extends the analysis of the acquisition of destination language proficiency
among immigrants by explicitly incorporating dynamics among family members?
mother, father and children. Single equation, bivariate, and four-state (multivariate)
probit analyses are employed. Immigrant English language skills are greater the
younger the age at migration, the longer the duration of residence, the higher the
level of education, and for immigrants not from Asia. Large positive correlations in
the unmeasured determinants of proficiency exist between spouses, between
siblings, and between parents and children, although the latter relationship is
stronger for the mother.
TI  - Parents and children talk: the family dynamics of English language proficiency
KW  - JEL classification: J15
KW  -  J16
KW  -  J24
KW  -  J61. Immigrants
KW  -  language
KW  -  family
KW  -  multinominal probit
T3  - Discussion Paper Series
ID  - discovery14321
CY  - London, UK
AV  - public
Y1  - 2004/07//
A1  - Chiswick, B.R.
A1  - Lee, Y.L.
A1  - Miller, P.W.
PB  - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration
UR  - http://www.econ.ucl.ac.uk/cream/publicationsdiscussionpapers.htm
ER  -