Search Results - subject_exact:"Language policy"

The words that keep people apart : official language and accountability

Baronchelli, Adelaide; Foresta, Alessandra; Ricciuti, … - 2025

This paper examines how the distance between a country's official language and the languages spoken by its citizens influences accountability. Two arguments support this relationship: first, the role of language as a tool for communication between elites and citizens; and second, its role in...

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Mobile-assisted indigenous language learning : RCT evidence from a school-based intervention in Peru

Näslund-Hadley, Emma; Hernández-Agramonte, Juan Manuel; … - 2026

This study presents the results of an experimental evaluation of a pedagogical intervention based on the mobile application Quechua Collao, designed to strengthen Quechua language skills as a second language among primary and secondary school students in public schools with an Intercultural...

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The genre of power : writing, language, and epistemic borders in European academia

Morgan-Thomas, Anna - 2026

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The imperium of the colonial tongue? : evidence on language policy preferences in Zambia

Ramachandran, Rajesh; Rauh, Christopher - 2023

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The imperium of the Colonial tongue? : evidence on language policy preferences in Zambia

Ramachandran, Rajesh; Rauh, Christopher - 2020

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Reading skills transfer best from home language to a second language : policy lessons from two field experiments in South Africa

Mohohlwane, Nompumelelo; Taylor, Stephen; Cilliers, Jacobus - 2023

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Towards an index of linguistic justice

Gazzola, Michele; Wickström, Bengt-Arne; Fettes, Mark - 2023

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Linguistic mismatch and learning productivity: Evidence from mother tongue-based education in the Philippines

Abrigo, Michael Ralph M.; Estopace, Katha Ma-i M.; … - 2025

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When can resistance to a standardization policy result in destandardization? : the case of corporate language implementation

Lauring, Jakob; Jonasson, Charlotte; Sanden, Guro Refsum - 2025

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Everybody's talkin' at me : levels of majority language acquisition by minority language speakers

Brock, William A.; Chen, Bo; Durlauf, Steven N.; Weber, … - 2025

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Economic impact of language policies in the multilingual regions : EENEE analytical report

2025 - 1st edition

This report examines the economic impact of language policies in five multilingual European regions. It asserts that linguistic diversity is a valuable asset for regional development. It concludes that, to be effective, policies need to be practically embedded into daily life, such as in...

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Economic impact of language policies in the multilingual regions : EENEE analytical report

2025 - 1st edition

Edition: 1st edition

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Economic impact of language policies in the multilingual regions : executive summary

2025 - 1st edition

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Economic impact of language policies in the multilingual regions : executive summary

2025 - 1st edition

Edition: 1st edition

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Power of language : the impact of multilingual recognition on political participation among linguistic minorities

Yamana, Ryotaro; Takahashi, Ryo - 2025

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A language economics perspective on language spread : simulating language dynamics in a social network

Civico, Marco; Grin, François; Vaillancourt, François - 2025

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Linguistic mismatch and learning productivity : evidence from mother tongue-based education in the Philippines

Abrigo, Michael Ralph M.; Estopace, Katha Ma-i M.; … - 2025

We study how linguistic mismatch between students' home languages and the language of instruction shapes learning productivity in linguistically diverse societies. We develop a framework in which linguistic distance acts as a multiplicative tax on educational production and derive...

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Mind your language : explaining the retreat of the Irish language frontier

Fernihough, Alan; Colvin, Christopher L.; McLaughlin, Eoin - 2024

Why do we choose one language over another? Rival views see language frontiers as exogenous, driven by policy, or endogenous, determined by social, cultural and economic forces. We study language loss in nineteenth-century Ireland's bilingual society using individual-level data from the 1901...

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(Minority-) language as an economic factor for prosperity?

Brandtjen, Roland - 2024

In Europe exist over 200 languages of which only 24 are official languages of the EU. What effect do have minority and regional languages onto prosperity? Is there any correlation between the language use and regional GDP per capita? How does affect the meaning of an own regional language the...

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Perfection, hybridity or shutting up? : a cross-country study of how language ideologies shape participation in international business

Barner-Rasmussen, Wilhelm; Gaibrois, Claudine; Wilmot, … - 2024

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Europeans and their languages : summary

2024

The present survey is a way to gauge whether citizens agree with the European objectives towards multilingualism and if they are progressing in that direction. The survey addresses the language knowledge of Europeans, covering skills, use of languages and attitudes towards languages.

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Evaluation der berufsbezogenen Deutschsprachförderung nach § 45a AufenthG : Abschlussbericht Option

Baderschneider, Ariane; Boockmann, Bernhard; Caliendo, Marco - 2024

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The Palgrave Handbook of Economics and Language

2026 - Second edition

Part I. Linguistic Diversity: Origins and Measurement -- 1. Whorfian Economics -- 2. Dynamic Models of Language Evolution: The Linguistic Perspective -- 3. Dynamic Models of Language Survival and Language Death: The Economic Perspective -- 4. The Role of Linguistic Diversity in Economics -- 5....

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The economics of language : how large language models can reshape behavioural economics

Capraro, Valerio - 2026

The development of artificial intelligence and machine learning is leading to a revolution in the way we think about economic decisions. The Economics of Language explores how the use of generative AI and large language models (LLMs) can transform the way we think about economic behaviour. It...

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Language of Bargaining

Heddaya, Mourad; Dworkin, Solomon; Tan, Chenhao; Voigt, … - 2023

Leveraging an established exercise in negotiation education, we build a novel dataset for studying how the use of language shapes bilateral bargaining. Our dataset extends existing work in two ways: 1) we recruit participants via behavioral labs instead of crowdsourcing platforms and allow...

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The improvised language of solidarity : linguistic practices in the participatory labour-organizing processes of multi-ethnic migrant workers

Cioce, Gabriella; Korczynski, Marek; Però, Davide - 2023

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The Role of the Russian Language in the Professional Communication of An International Economist

Iarygina, Nadezhda - 2023

The article is devoted to the role of the Russian language in the professional communication of an international economist. Economic activity is one of the main reasons for foreigners to learn Russian. Despite the difficult geopolitical situation, the Russian market continues to be a promising...

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Vielsprachige Reiseberichte

2023

Die Vielsprachigkeit ist Ausdruck der "Einheit in Vielfalt" und der großen Achtung für die kulturellen und sprachlichen Identitäten in der Union. Erst sie verschafft dem Recht aller Bürger Geltung, sich in ihrer eigenen Sprache an die Unionsorgane zu wenden und in dieser Sprache eine Antwort...

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Language policies in education and the possibility of an identity backlash

Fouka, Vasiliki - 2023

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Private investment in education : household response to a policy change in English as a second language

Nandwani, Bharti; Sen, Gitanjali - 2025

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Home dialect : a deficit towards enhanced additional language learning

Makena, Bulelwa; Matiso, Nomasomi Hilda - 2022

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God svenska : vägen till arbete för utrikes födda?

Eriksson, Stefan; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2022

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Languages and indentieties in North Macedonia : legal and political challenges to state formation

Andeva, Marina; Sela, Ylber; Matovski, Lazo - 2022

This paper examines the legal and political challenges to state formation in North Macedonia through analyzing the language use and linguistic rights of ethnic communities in North Macedonia. At first the paper gives a historical overview of the modalities of language rights protection in the...

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Is bilingual education desirable in multilingual countries?

Yuki, Kazuhiro - 2022

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Moribund : exploring the relationship between foreign direct investment and indigenous language erosion in Latin America

Ellington, Sarah A. V. - 2022

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Language issues within forced migration at borders and temporary settlements : an integrated content analysis

Atabekova, Anastasia; Shoustikova, Tatyana - 2018

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Language management in humanitarian contexts : unscheduled migration

Atabekova, A. A.; Belenkova, N. M.; Radić, N.; … - 2018

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Decolonization, property rights and language conflicts

Dasgupta, Indraneel; Neogi, Ranajoy Guha - 2017

We model political contestation over school language policy, within linguistic communities where weak property rights protection leads to high decentralized expropriation. We show that improvements in governance institutions that facilitate property rights protection might exacerbate such...

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An economics approach to language policy and linguistic justice

Wickström, Bengt-Arne; Templin, Torsten; Gazzola, Michele - 2017

The essay gives an overview of how language planning and language policy can be motivated and analyzed by economic methods. It is discussed what type of value language-related goods possess and what type of goods they are. Properties like degrees of rivalry, exclusion, and shielding and how they...

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An Economics Approach to Language Policy and Linguistic Justice

Wickström, Bengt-Arne - 2018

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French and language ideologies in a multilingual European Union institution : re-constructing the meaning of language choice at work

Lovrits, Veronika; Langinier, Hélène; Ehrhart, Sabine - 2024

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Weak in ability but still follow what the headquarters asks : a legitimacy-based view of MNC employees' adoption of English

Hsu, Anna J. C.; Au, Kevin Y.; Dowejko, Marta K. - 2024

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The Routledge handbook of language policy and planning

2024

"The Routledge Handbook of Language Policy and Planning is a comprehensive and authoritative survey, including original contributions from leading senior scholars and rising stars to provide a basis for future research in language policy and planning in international, national, regional and...

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Ahogados : efectos cognitivos y económicos de la inmersión lingüística en Cataluña

López, Félix - 2024 - Primera edición

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Language education and economic outcomes in a bilingual society

Yuki, Kazuhiro - 2024

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Language skills and unemployment : post-Soviet bilingualism in Latvia

Männasoo, Kadri; Hõbenael, Miina; Ridala, Svetlana - 2024

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One Nation, One Language? Domestic Language Diversity, Trade and Welfare

Gurevich, Tamara; Herman, Peter; Toubal, Farid; Yotov, Yoto - 2021

Using new data on linguistic diversity across and within countries, we examine novel channels though which language affects trade patterns and economic welfare. We find that linguistic similarity within a country accounts for about 10 percent of estimated ‘home bias’, demonstrating the...

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Is Spanish-Only Schooling Responsible for the Puerto Rican Language Gap?

Angrist, Joshua D.; Chin, Aimee; Godoy, Ricardo A. - 2021

Between 1898 and 1948, English was the language of instruction for most post-primary grades in Puerto Rican public schools. Since 1949, the language of instruction in all grades has been Spanish. We use this policy change to estimate the effect of English-intensive instruction on the...

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Is Spanish-Only Schooling Responsible for the Puerto Rican Language Gap?

Angrist, Joshua - 2006

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Language Policy At The Micro-Level : Challenges Teachers Face In The Multilingual And Multicultural Classroom In Moscow

Zubalov, Denis; Burdygina, Margarita; Afanasieva, Arina; … - 2021

The present study looks at the micro-level language policy and how it is implemented in the state Moscow school with a high degree of ethnically diverse students. More specifically, we analyze the measures that the school administration takes as well as teachers’ educational practices when it...

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Language rights : a welfare-economics approach

Wickström, Bengt-Arne - 2016

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Language Rights - A Welfare-Economics Approach

Wickström, Bengt-Arne - 2015

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Language rights : a welfare-economics approach

Wickström, Bengt-Arne - 2015

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Language Rights -- A Welfare-Economics Approach

Wickström, Bengt-Arne - 2021

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The optimal Babel : an economic framework for the analysis of dynamic language rights

Wickström, Bengt-Arne - 2013

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The optimal Babel: an economic framework for the analysis of dynamic language rights

Wickström, Bengt-Arne - 2013

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The optimal babel : an economic framework for the analysis of dynamic language rights

Wickström, Bengt-Arne - 2010

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The Optimal Babel - An Economic Framework for the Analysis of Dynamic Language Rights

Wickström, Bengt-Arne - 2021

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The Optimal Babel : An Economic Framework for the Analysis of Dynamic Language Rights

Wickström, Bengt-Arne - 2015

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How much language is enough? : some immigrant language lessons from Canada and Germany

DeVoretz, Don J.; Hinte, Holger; Werner, Christiane - 2002

Germany and Canada stand at polar ends of the scientific debate over language integration and ascension to citizenship. German naturalization, as of January 2000, contains an explicit language criterion for naturalization. The first German immigration act that will presumably come into effect on...

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How much language is enough? : some immigrant language lessons from Canada and Germany

DeVoretz, Don J. - 2002

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How Much Language is Enough? Some Immigrant Language Lessons from Canada and Germany

DeVoretz, Don J.; Hinte, Holger; Werner, Christiane - 2021

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Language proficiency and labour market performance of immigrants in the UK

Dustmann, Christian - 2000

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Language proficiency and labour market performance of immigrants in the UK

Dustmann, Christian - 2000

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Language Proficiency and Labour Market Performance of Immigrants in the UK

Dustmann, Christian; Fabbri, Francesca - 2021

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The value of language skills : a common language facilitates communication and economic efficiency, but linguistic diversity has economic and cultural value too

Grenier, Gilles; Zhang, Weiguo - 2021

In today's globalized world, people are increasingly mobile and often need to communicate across different languages. Learning a new language is an investment in human capital. Migrants must learn the language of their destination country, but even non-migrants must often learn other languages...

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The value of language skills : a common language facilitates communication and economic efficiency, but linguistic diversity has economic and cultural value too

Grenier, Gilles - 2015

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