Language acquisition, ethnicity and social integration among former Soviet immigrants of the 1990s in Israel

Determinants of Life Satisfaction Among Immigrants from Western Countries and from the FSU in Israel

“…Therefore, it is likely that economic considerations will have different weight in terms of expectations and perceived satisfaction among immigrants from different groups. In addition, a significant portion of Western immigrants are religious (Amit and Riss 2006), whereas the majority of FSU immigrants are not (Remennick 2004). In light of these differences, it would be interesting to test the impact of social networks on the life satisfaction of each group.…”

Language Proficiency among Post-1990 Immigrants in Israel

“…Likewise, language proficiency and use tend to increase with length of stay in the country of destination, as immigrants accumulate experience in their new society (Stevens 1986(Stevens , 1992Espenshande and Fu 1997;Van Tubergen and Kalmijn 2009; for the case of Israel, see, e.g. Chiswick [1998]; Beenstock, Chiswick, and Repetto [2001]; Mesch [2003]; Remennick [2004]; Raijman [2013]). …”

“…Most previous studies on linguistic assimilation in Israel focused on immigrants from the Former Soviet Union (FSU; e.g. Mesch 2003;Remennick 2003aRemennick , 2004Ben-Rafael, Olshtain, and Geijst 1998;Ben-Rafael et al 2006;Tannenbaum 2009); others examined language proficiency among South Africans (Raijman 2013) and French speakers (Ben-Rafael and Ben-Rafael 2013); and several compared language use across multiple groups of immigrants (Beenstock 1996;Chiswick 1998;Beenstock, Chiswick, and Repetto 2001).The studies that compared language use across immigrant groups utilised data obtained from the 1970 and 1983 censuses. The Israeli census provides information on the languages immigrants speak daily (as a primary or secondary language) but do not provide data on degree of fluency in Hebrew.…”

The roles of human capital and social capital in the economic integration of new arrivals from Mainland China to Hong Kong

“…Becker (1964) has proposed that human capital (such as education and work experience) that immigrants bring to or acquire in the host country substantially determine their economic integration and social mobility there. Immigrants who move at a young age, and so have settled for a longer period, attaining a higher level of education, more local work experience, and a better command of the local language, often perform better economically (Chiswick & Miller, 2002;Remennick, 2004). Furthermore, human capital can be categorized as either observable or unobservable (Borjas, 1987;Chiswick, 1978Chiswick, , 1979.…”