Data/hora: 05/06/2024 01:03:05

Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Bilingualism and Communicative Benefits
Autores: | Gabszewicz,   Jean; Ginsburgh,   Victor; Weber,   Shlomo.
Data: | 2008-05-06
Ano: | 2008
Palavras-chave: | Communicative Benefits; Linguistic Equilibrium; Learning Costs; Labor and Human Capital; C72; D83; O52; Z13.
Resumo: | We examine patterns of acquiring non-native languages in a model with two languages and two populations with heterogeneous learning skills, where every individual faces a binary choice of learning the foreign language or refraining from doing so. We show that both interior and corner linguistic equilibria can emerge in our framework, and that the fraction of learners of the foreign language is higher in the country with a higher gross cost adjusted communicative benefit. It turns out that this observation is consistent with the data on language proficiency in bilingual countries such as Belgium and Canada. We also point out that linguistic equilibria can exhibit insufficient learning which opens the door for government policies that are beneficial for both populations.
Tipo: | Conference Paper or Presentation
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

29922

http://purl.umn.edu/6380

Relação:

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)&gt;Knowledge, Technology, Human Capital Working Papers

KTHC Nota di Lavoro

17.2008

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