
The Economics of Language Policy
MIT Press
Published on 30. September 2016
Book
Hardback
520 pages
978-0-262-03470-8 (ISBN)
Description
Insights from the application of economic theories and research methods to the management of linguistic diversity in an era of globalization.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
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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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: From College Freshman to College Graduate Student
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
30 figures, 58 tables; 88 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-262-03470-8 (9780262034708)
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Michele Gazzola | Bengt-Arne Wickstrom
The Economics of Language Policy
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Persons
Michele Gazzola is a Research Fellow at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Bengt-Arne Wickström was until his retirement Director of the Institute for Public Economics at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and is now Herder Professor at Andrássy-Universität Budapest.
Editor
Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin
Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin
Contributions
Universite de Geneve
Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin
Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin
University Libre De Bruxelles
Southern Methodist University
CIRANO
Universite de Montreal
Institut d'Analisi Economica