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Linguistic distance and job quality in a bilingual labour market

Cappellari, Lorenzo; Di Paolo, Antonio; Tawiah, … - 2026

In this paper, we investigate the relationship between language background and labour market outcomes in the bilingual labour market of the Spanish region of Catalonia. The empirical analysis draws on repeated cross-sectional data that allow us to construct a quantitative measure of linguistic...

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Linguistic distance and job quality in a bilingual labour market

Cappellari, Lorenzo; Di Paolo, Antonio; Tawiah, … - 2026

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Intercultural bilingual education and early childhood mathematics learning : RCT evidence from the Mate Raymi program in Quechua Chanka schools in Peru

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

This article presents an evaluation of Mate Raymi, an educational program designed to strengthen mathematical and ethnomathematical skills among preschool children in Peru. Implemented through audio lessons and complemented with contextualized materials, teacher training, and pedagogical...

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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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Host country language and school integration of immigrant students

Qin, Yu; Vlassopoulos, Michael; Wahba, Jackline - 2026

Language proficiency is a key determinant of immigrant integration. This paper examines the causal impact of host-country language proficiency (proxied by reading test scores) on school integration and bullying among first-generation immigrant students across 16 OECD destination countries, using...

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Multilingual practices and inclusion in context : a model based on the Big Four accounting firms in Luxembourg

Langinier, Hélène; Barner-Rasmussen, Wilhelm - 2026

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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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The power of language : educational and mental health impacts of language training for refugee children

Tumen, Semih; Vlassopoulos, Michael; Wahba, Jackline - 2025

This paper examines the causal impact of a large-scale Turkish language training program on the academic performance, school participation, and mental well-being of Syrian refugee children in T¨urkiye. Using rich administrative data and a staggered difference-in-differences design, we find that...

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Out-of-school learning : subtitling vs. dubbing and the acquisition of foreign-language skills

Baumeister, Frauke; Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2025

The development of English-language skills, a near necessity in today’s global economy, is heavily influenced by historical national decisions about whether to subtitle or dub TV content. While prior studies of language acquisition have focused on schools, we show the overwhelming influence of...

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Out-of-school learning : subtitling vs. dubbing and the acquisition of foreign-language skills

Baumeister, Frauke; Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2025

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Out-of-school learning : subtitling vs. dubbing and the acquisition of foreign-language skills

Baumeister, Frauke; Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2025

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Out-of-school learning : subtitling vs. dubbing and the acquisition of foreign-language skills

Baumeister, Frauke; Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2025

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Early exposure to foreign language training and students' educational trajectories

Strazzeri, Maurizio; Brox, Enzo; Oggenfuss, Chantal; … - 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

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The impact of language on decision-making : auction winners are less cursed in a foreign language

Fu, Fang; Grant, Leigh H.; Hortaçsu, Ali; Keysar, Boaz; … - 2025

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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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What shapes parents' attitudes towards bilingual education? : evidence from Mozambique

Alhola, Sara; Chimbutane, Feliciano; Reinikka, Ritva - 2025

This qualitative study explores parental attitudes towards bilingual education in Mozambique. To improve foundational learning, several countries in sub-Saharan Africa have re-evaluated their language-ofeducation policies and experimented with bilingual education. Community buy-in is essential...

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Bilingual caseworkers and onthe-job training : a pathway to integration?

Ottosson, Lillit; Vikman, Ulrika - 2025

We study an active labor market program aimed at immigrants with very limited language skills. The program consists of a three-month on-the-job training program in a regular workplace, facilitated by bilingual caseworkers speaking the participant's native language. The aim of the program is to...

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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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Complementarities of occupations and language skills of immigrants in Europe

Tóth, Peter; Vitáloš, Matej - 2025

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Complementarities of occupations and language skills of immigrants in Europe

Tóth, Peter; Vitáloš, Matej - 2024

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Bilingual education and identity

Caminal, Ramón; Di Paolo, Antonio; Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - 2025

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Low-cost language learning : a boost to move? : evidence from Duolingo

Adema, Joop - 2025

The internet transformed the landscape for (prospective) migrants, including the ability to learn foreign languages. The popular language learning app Duolingo rolled out 84 courses between source and target languages between 2012 and 2021. These courses increased the number of languages spoken...

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Language as career capital : a scoping review of human capital development, employee mobility, and hr implications in multilingual organisations

Sareen Kaur Bhar; Yong Eng Chua - 2025

This scoping review examines how workplace language proficiency and corporate language policies function as dimensions of human capital, shaping employee mobility and organisational outcomes in multilingual contexts. Drawing on 12 empirical studies (2010-2025), supplemented by one influential...

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Is accounting the English language of business? : the role of language in IFRS adoption and information loss

Guan, Xinjiao; Shafron, Emily; Ye, Kangtao; Zhuang, Wenzi - 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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The common problem of bad controls in tests of the linguistic savings hypothesis : a comment on Ayres et al. (PNAS, 2023) and related literature

Clist, Paul - 2025

Languages encode the future differently, such that languages can be sorted into different types. When making future predictions, Strong Future Time Reference (FTR) languages often require marking future-time, whereas weak FTR languages do not. The Linguistic Savings Hypothesis predicts this...

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Examining multiculturals' and multilinguals' paradoxical bridging behaviors in overcoming cultural and language barriers in organizations

Augustin, Tomke; Pudelko, Markus; Kirkman, Bradley L. - 2025

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A century of language barriers to migration in india

Chaudhary, Latika; Dupraz, Yannick; Fenske, James - 2025

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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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Employers' language proficiency requirements and hiring of immigrants

Carlsson, Magnus; Eriksson, Stefan; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2025

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Lost in translation? : how multilingual packaging influences product evaluations by impeding consumers' processing fluency

Hüttl-Maack, Verena; Munz, Rafael - 2025

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The bilingual advantage : it's how you measure it

Aparicio Fenoll, Ainoa; Kuehn, Zoë - 2025

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The bilingual advantage : it’s how you measure it

Aparicio Fenoll, Ainoa; Kuehn, Zoë - 2025

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Mandating a common language in the multinational enterprise : the case of Cummins in India

Simoes, Sean; Talaulicar, Anant; Verbeke, Alain - 2025

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Human resource development in Spanish higher education : faculty needs in English-medium instruction

Stojanović, Maja; Strotmann, Birgit; Robinson, Petra A. - 2025

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Brexit and multilingualism in the European Union

Ginsburgh, Victor; Moreno-Ternero, Juan D. - 2022

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Brexit and multilingualism in the European Union

Ginsburgh, Victor; Moreno-Ternero, Juan D. - 2020

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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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Impression management in bilingual corporate reporting : an analysis of textual characteristics in Spanish and English

Moreno, Alonso - 2024

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Impression management in bilingual corporate reporting : an analysis of textual characteristics in Spanish and English

Moreno, Alonso - 2024

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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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Microeconometrics applied to labour and migration

Argan, Damiano - 2024

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Does multilingual packaging influence purchasing in retail segment? : evidence from multiple experiments

Tan, Fuqiang; Li, Xi; Agarwal, Reeti; Joshi, Yatish; … - 2024

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Exploring the language choice dilemma of international small firms : a social exchange perspective on English-only versus multilingualism

Talukder, Sazzad; Barner-Rasmussen, Wilhelm - 2024

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Does foreign language liberate or limit creativity? : three experiments on foreign language anxiety and use, and divergent and convergent thinking

Haans, Richard F. J.; Witteloostuijn, Arjen van - 2024

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Construction and analysis of uncertainty indices based on multilingual text representations

Naboka-Krell, Viktoriia - 2024

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English language premium in a marriage market : experimental evidence from Delhi

Miyamoto, Tomohisa; Bedi, Arjun Singh - 2024

In India, fluency in English remains a status symbol for the wealthy and educated middle class, while creating a divide between those who have strong English language skills and those who do not. This study deploys a correspondence experiment conducted on a matrimonial website, to examine...

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No more cost in translation : validating open-source machine translation for quantitative text analysis

Licht, Hauke; Sczepanski, Ronja; Laurer, Moritz; … - 2024

As more and more scholars apply computational text analysis methods to multilingual corpora, machine translation has become an indispensable tool. However, relying on commercial services for machine translation, such as Google Translate or DeepL, limits reproducibility and can be expensive. This...

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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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