Immigrant Integration in the United States: The Role of Adult English Language Training

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dc.contributor.authorHeller, Blakeen
dc.contributor.authorSlungaard Mumma, Kirstenen
dc.date.accessed2020-09-09en
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-14T20:07:47Zen
dc.date.available2020-10-14T20:07:47Zen
dc.date.issued2020-09-01en
dc.description.abstractWhile current debates center on whether and how to admit immigrants to the United States, little attention has been paid to interventions designed to help immigrants integrate after they arrive. Public adult education programs are the primary policy lever for building the language skills of the over 23 million adults with limited English proficiency in the United States. The authors leverage the enrollment lottery of a publicly-funded adult English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program in Massachusetts to estimate the effects of English language training on voting behavior and employer-reported earnings. Attending ESOL classes more than doubles rates of voter registration and increases annual earnings by $2,400 (56%). They estimate that increased tax revenue from earnings gains fully pay for program costs over time, generating a 6% annual return for taxpayers. Their results demonstrate the social value of post-migration investments in the human capital of adult immigrants.en
dc.description.sponsorshipAnnenberg Institute at Brown Universityen
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dc.identifier.sourceurlhttps://edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai20-288.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/100559en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAnnenberg Institute at Brown Universityen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEdWorkingPaper; 20-288en
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en
dc.subjectsecondary level English proficiency testen
dc.subjecteducational attainmenten
dc.subjectadult immigrantsen
dc.titleImmigrant Integration in the United States: The Role of Adult English Language Trainingen
dc.typeArticleen
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