Search Results - subject:"language knowledge"

The Economic Returns to the Knowledge and Use of a Second Official Language: English in Quebec and French in the Rest-of-Canada

Christofides, Louis N.; Swidinsky, Robert - University of Cyprus Department of Economics - 2010

one mother tongue to acquire the second official language. Knowledge of an additional official language may be associated …. Conditioning on both language knowledge and language use allow us to estimate the additional earnings that can be attributed to the …

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The economic returns to a second official language: English in Quebec and French in the Rest-of-Canada

Christofides, Louis N.; Swidinsky, Robert - 2008

-of-Canada (ROC) generates a demand for bilingualism and investment in the acquisition of a second official language. Knowledge of an …

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The Economic Returns to a Second Official Language: English in Quebec and French in the Rest-of-Canada

Christofides, Louis N.; Swidinsky, Robert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

-of-Canada (ROC) generates a demand for bilingualism and investment in the acquisition of a second official language. Knowledge of an …-of-Canada (ROC) generates a demand for bilingualism and investment in the acquisition of a second official language. Knowledge of an …, effects in the ROC. JEL Classification: J01, J24, J31 Keywords: wages, language knowledge, language use …

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