Aimee Chin
Biographic Data
| ID | 3710165 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aimee Chin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aimee |
| FAMILY NAME | Chin |
| SIGNATURE | CHIN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Houston |
| ORCID | 0009-0000-0134-1550 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Returns to English-Language Skills in India
India’s colonial legacy and linguistic diversity give English an important role in its economy, and this role has expanded due to globalization in recent decades. In this study, we use individual-level data from the 2005 India Human Development Survey to quantify the effects of English-language skills on wages. After controlling for age, social group, schooling, geography, and proxies for ability, we find that hourly wages are on average 34% high…
Age at Arrival, English Proficiency, and Social Assimilation Among US Immigrants
Are the English proficiency and social outcomes of US immigrants the result of their cultural preferences or of more fundamental constraints? Using 2000 census microdata, we relate the English proficiency, marriage, fertility, and residential location variables of immigrants to their age at the time of arrival in the United States, and, in particular, whether that age fell within the “critical period” of language acquisition. We interpret the dif…
The redistributive effects of political reservation for minorities
Technical Change and the Demand for Skills during the Second Industrial Revolution
Using a large, individual-level wage data set, we examine the impact of a major technological innovation—the steam engine—on the demand for skills in the merchant shipping industry. We find that the technical change created a new demand for engineers, a skilled occupation. It had a deskilling effect on production work—moderately skilled able-bodied seamen were replaced by unskilled engine room operatives. On the other hand, able-bodied seamen, ca…
Is Spanish-only schooling responsible for the Puerto Rican language gap
Long‐Run Labor Market Effects of Japanese American Internment during World War II on Working‐Age Male Internees
In 1942, all Japanese were evacuated from the West Coast and incarcerated in internment camps. To investigate the long‐run economic consequences of this historic episode, I exploit the fact that Hawaiian Japanese were not subject to mass internment. I find that the labor market withdrawal induced by the internment reduced the annual earnings of males by as much as 9%–13% 25 years afterward. This is consistent with the predictions of an economic m…
Can redistributing teachers across schools raise educational attainment? Evidence from Operation Blackboard in India
Language Skills and Earnings
Research on the effect of language skills on earnings is complicated by the endogeneity of language skills. This study exploits the phenomenon that younger children learn languages more easily than older children to construct an instrumental variable for language proficiency. We find a significant positive effect of English proficiency on wages among adults who immigrated to the United States as children. Much of this effect appears to be mediate…
The redistributive effects of political reservation for minorities
The Returns to English-Language Skills in India
India’s colonial legacy and linguistic diversity give English an important role in its economy, and this role has expanded due to globalization in recent decades. In this study, we use individual-level data from the 2005 India Human Development Survey to quantify the effects of English-language skills on wages. After controlling for age, social group, schooling, geography, and proxies for ability, we find that hourly wages are on average 34% high…
Is Spanish-only schooling responsible for the Puerto Rican language gap
Can redistributing teachers across schools raise educational attainment? Evidence from Operation Blackboard in India
Language Skills and Earnings
Research on the effect of language skills on earnings is complicated by the endogeneity of language skills. This study exploits the phenomenon that younger children learn languages more easily than older children to construct an instrumental variable for language proficiency. We find a significant positive effect of English proficiency on wages among adults who immigrated to the United States as children. Much of this effect appears to be mediate…
Long‐Run Labor Market Effects of Japanese American Internment during World War II on Working‐Age Male Internees
In 1942, all Japanese were evacuated from the West Coast and incarcerated in internment camps. To investigate the long‐run economic consequences of this historic episode, I exploit the fact that Hawaiian Japanese were not subject to mass internment. I find that the labor market withdrawal induced by the internment reduced the annual earnings of males by as much as 9%–13% 25 years afterward. This is consistent with the predictions of an economic m…
Can redistributing teachers across schools raise educational attainment? Evidence from Operation Blackboard in India
Technical Change and the Demand for Skills during the Second Industrial Revolution
Using a large, individual-level wage data set, we examine the impact of a major technological innovation—the steam engine—on the demand for skills in the merchant shipping industry. We find that the technical change created a new demand for engineers, a skilled occupation. It had a deskilling effect on production work—moderately skilled able-bodied seamen were replaced by unskilled engine room operatives. On the other hand, able-bodied seamen, ca…
Is Spanish-only schooling responsible for the Puerto Rican language gap
Age at Arrival, English Proficiency, and Social Assimilation Among US Immigrants
Are the English proficiency and social outcomes of US immigrants the result of their cultural preferences or of more fundamental constraints? Using 2000 census microdata, we relate the English proficiency, marriage, fertility, and residential location variables of immigrants to their age at the time of arrival in the United States, and, in particular, whether that age fell within the “critical period” of language acquisition. We interpret the dif…
The redistributive effects of political reservation for minorities
The Returns to English-Language Skills in India
India’s colonial legacy and linguistic diversity give English an important role in its economy, and this role has expanded due to globalization in recent decades. In this study, we use individual-level data from the 2005 India Human Development Survey to quantify the effects of English-language skills on wages. After controlling for age, social group, schooling, geography, and proxies for ability, we find that hourly wages are on average 34% high…
Political science (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Demographic economics (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Mathematics education (4 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Immigration (3 works) · Language proficiency (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)