Foreign language proficiency of Intra-European Migrants. A multilevel analysis.

Autor/in	Braun, Michael
Titel	Foreign language proficiency of Intra-European Migrants. A multilevel analysis. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Fremdsprachenkenntnisse von innereuropäischen Migranten. Eine Mehrebenenanalyse.
Quelle	In: European sociological review, 26 (2010) 5, S. 603-617Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0266-7215; 1468-2672
DOI	10.1093/esr/jcp052
Schlagwörter	Sozialer Faktor; Motivation; Deutsch; Fremdsprachenkenntnisse; Englisch; Französisch; Italienisch; Spanisch; Einwanderungsland; Migration; Ökonomische Determinanten; Brite; Deutscher; Italiener; Migrant; Spanier; Deutschland; Frankreich; Großbritannien; Herkunftsland; Italien; Spanien
Abstract	"Previous studies on the determinants of migrants' foreign language proficiency converge in attributing importance to the same set of variables. These variables can be integrated in a rational choice framework, and it is likely that processes are at work which apply to different contexts. This study aims to make three contributions to the existing literature. First, it provides a further test of the generality of findings using survey data on intra-European adult migrants as a specific context. Intra-European migrants differ in many respects from hitherto analysed migrant groups. High-skilled labour, study, and 'quality-of-life' migration are well represented alongside low-skilled labour migration. Second, several variables are added which are not available in the official data on which analyses are usually based. These include retrospective information on migrants' previous sojourns abroad, migration motives, language proficiency at the time of migration, and the number of friends from their own and other ethnicities. Third, the study analyses the differential impact of initial language proficiency as well as structural and social integration for groups that differ with regard to a group-specific likelihood of familiarity with the foreign language." Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Befragung. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 2005 bis 2005. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2011/2