These pages aim to give a global vision of the current situation of the so called “Economics of language” literature. They start over with a description of main characteristics and a first definition of what it is correctly understood as “Economics of language”. Later on, we thoroughly...

Within the study of the social and economic roles of the world’s languages, the demographic aspect –ie, the number of speakers– is often glossed over or presented with a great deal of inaccuracy. This working paper proposes a methodology for counting the number of Spanish speakers that...

Being part of a linguistic community has economic effects since it affects transaction costs of economic operations, it defines identity social cohesion components of a community, and it supports a series of activities (cultural industries) that generate income and employment. However, the...