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Language Proficiency and Subjective Well-being: Evidence from Immigrants in Australia
Title
Language Proficiency and Subjective Well-being: Evidence from Immigrants in Australia
Authors
Lee J.
;
Niu A.
;
Yang H.-S.
Ewha Authors
이종관
SCOPUS Author ID
이종관
Issue Date
2022
Journal Title
Journal of Happiness Studies
ISSN
1389-4978
Citation
Journal of Happiness Studies vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 1847 - 1866
Keywords
Immigrant
;
Instrumental variable
;
Language proficiency
;
Mental health
;
Physical health
;
Social capital
;
Subjective well-being
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
Indexed
SSCI; SCOPUS
Document Type
Article
Abstract
This study examines the relationship between language proficiency and subjective well-being among the first-generation immigrants in Australia. To address endogeneity-related concerns, we use the age at arrival and country of origin as an instrument for English proficiency. Our results show that greater proficiency in English significantly improves self-reported mental health and life satisfaction. These impacts are pronounced among subgroups of males, highly educated individuals, and older immigrants who have lived in Australia for over 30 years. Our mediation analysis suggests that physical health is one of the most important channels through which immigrants’ destination-language acquisition affects their subjective well-being. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V.
DOI
10.1007/s10902-021-00474-2
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