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Employers' Language Proficiency Requirements and Hiring of Immigrants
Linnaeus University, School of Business and Economics, Department of Economics and Statistics (NS).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5620-4745
Uppsala University, Sweden.
Linnaeus University, School of Business and Economics, Department of Economics and Statistics (NS). Stockholm University, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8887-5677
2025 (English)In: The Journal of human resources, ISSN 0022-166X, E-ISSN 1548-8004, Vol. 60, no 6, article id 1223-13300R3Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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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.

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University of Wisconsin Press, 2025. Vol. 60, no 6, article id 1223-13300R3
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Economy, Economics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-141058DOI: 10.3368/jhr.1223-13300R3OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-141058DiVA, id: diva2:1988603
Available from: 2025-08-12 Created: 2025-08-12 Last updated: 2026-01-15Bibliographically approved

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Carlsson, MagnusRooth, Dan-Olof

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