The Effects of Official English Laws on Limited-English-Proficient Workers
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This paper examines whether workers with limited English skills suffer adverse effects in the labor market when states declare English the official language. Official English laws may harm individuals who do not speak English very well if employers view the laws as allowing or requiring them to adopt workplace Englishonly rules that lower the demand for limited-English-proficient workers. Using data from the 1980 and 1990 Censuses, I estimate whether the earnings and other labor market outcomes of workers with limited English proficiency in states that adopted official English laws declined relative to other workers’. I find substantial negative effects on the annual earnings of men with limited English proficiency. JEL classification: J71, J78
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