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  • The Economics of Language Policy
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  • edited by Michele Gazzola and Bengt-Arne Wickström
  • 2016
  • Published by: The MIT Press
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In an era of globalization, issues of language diversity have economic and political implications. Transnational labor mobility, trade, social inclusion of migrants, democracy in multilingual countries, and companies’ international competitiveness all have a linguistic dimension; yet economists in general do not include language as a variable in their research. This volume demonstrates that the application of rigorous economic theories and research methods to issues of language policy yields valuable insights. The contributors offer both theoretical and empirical analyses of such topics as the impact of language diversity on economic outcomes, the distributive effects of policy regarding official languages, the individual welfare consequences of bilingualism, and the link between language and national identity. Their research is based on data from countries including Canada, India, Kazakhstan, and Indonesia and from the regions of Central America, Europe, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Theoretical models are explained intuitively for the nonspecialist. The relationships among linguistic variables, inequality, and the economy are approached from different perspectives, including economics, sociolinguistics, and political science. For this reason, the book offers a substantive contribution to interdisciplinary work on languages in society and language policy, proposing a common framework for a shared research area. Contributors Alisher Aldashev, Katalin Buzási, Ramon Caminal, Alexander M. Danzer, Maxime Leblanc Desgagné, Peter H. Egger, Ainhoa Aparicio Fenoll, Michele Gazzola, Victor Ginsburgh, Gilles Grenier, François Grin, Zoe Kuehn, Andrea Lassmann, Stephen May, Serge Nadeau, Suzanne Romaine, Selma K. Sonntag, Stefan Sperlich, José-Ramón Uriarte, François Vaillancourt, Shlomo Weber, Bengt-Arne Wickström, Lauren Zentz

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright Page
  2. pp. i-iv
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. Series Foreword
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Introduction
  2. Michele Gazzola and Bengt-Arne Wickström
  3. pp. 1-2
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  1. I A Map and a Compass of Language Economics
  2. pp. 20-21
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  1. 1 Fifty Years of Economics in Language Policy: Critical Assessment and Priorities
  2. François Grin
  3. pp. 21-22
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  1. 2 A Concise Bibliography of Language Economics
  2. Michele Gazzola, François Grin, and Bengt-Arne Wickström
  3. pp. 53-54
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  1. II Linguistic Diversity, Welfare, and Language Policies
  2. pp. 94-95
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  1. 3 Linguistic Diversity, Standardization, and Disenfranchisement: Measurement and Consequences
  2. Victor Ginsburgh and Shlomo Weber
  3. pp. 95-96
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  1. 4 Distribution of the Benefits and Costs of Canada’s Federal Official Languages Policy: Results for 2001
  2. Maxime Leblanc Desgagné and François Vaillancourt
  3. pp. 141-142
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  1. 5 Economic Value of Reciprocal Bilingualism
  2. Ramon Caminal
  3. pp. 165-166
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  1. 6 Economic Theory and Minority Language
  2. José Ramón Uriarte and Stefan Sperlich
  3. pp. 203-204
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  1. 7 Languages and National Identity in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Multilevel Approach
  2. Katalin Buzási
  3. pp. 225-226
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  1. III Language as Human Capital
  2. pp. 266-267
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  1. 8 English as the Lingua franca and the Economic Value of Other Languages: The Case of the Language of Work in the Montreal Labor M
  2. Gilles Grenier and Serge Nadeau
  3. pp. 267-268
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  1. 9 Bilingualism and Economic Performance
  2. Alisher Aldashev and Alexander M. Danzer
  3. pp. 313-314
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  1. IV Trade and Mobility
  2. pp. 330-331
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  1. 10 Does Foreign Language Proficiency Foster Migration of Young Individuals within the European Union?
  2. Ainhoa Aparicio-Fenoll and Zoë Kuehn
  3. pp. 331-332
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  1. 11 Cultural Integration and Export Variety Overlap across Countries
  2. Peter H. Egger and Andrea Lassmann
  3. pp. 357-358
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  1. V Globalization, Inequality, and Politics
  2. pp. 382-383
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  1. 12 Globalization, Language(s), and Mobility
  2. Stephen May
  3. pp. 383-384
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  1. 13 Language and Sustainable Development: Integrating the Economics of Language Policy with Poverty Reduction and Biodiversity Conse
  2. Suzanne Romaine
  3. pp. 403-404
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  1. 14 English on the Rise: Access and Resources in Internationalization
  2. Lauren Zentz
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  1. 15 Linguistic Diversity in India’s Polity and Economy
  2. Selma K. Sonntag
  3. pp. 469-470
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. 492-493
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  1. Index
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