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Comparative Public Support for Conserving Reptile Species is High: Australian Evidence and its Implications

Tisdell, Clement A.; Wilson, Clevo; Swarna Nantha, Hemanath - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2004

likeability of the species, their degree of endangerment, ethical considerations as well as knowledge are examined and found to be …

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Public Support for Sustainable Commercial Harvesting of Wildlife: An Australian Case Study

Tisdell, Clement A.; Wilson, Clevo; Swarna Nantha, Hemanath - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2004

each of the species and their degree of endangerment based on IUCN Red List rankings is established and found to be an … found to rise with the degree of endangerment of species. While the likeability of a species has some influence on whether … endangerment of a species appears to be the major influence here. Even so, this does not imply majority support for the harvest of …

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Comparison of Funding and Demand for the Conservation of the Charismatic Koala with those for the Critically Endangered Wombat Lasiorhinus krefftii

Tisdell, Clement A.; Swarna Nantha, Hemanath - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2005

that for the koala despite the koala’s immense popularity. The critically endangered status of the northern-hairy nosed … wombat and the more secure conservation status of the koala is a factor likely to have influenced the comparative willingness … funding of other species involving differences in charisma and endangerment. …

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From Statistical to Geolinguistic Data: Mapping and Measuring Linguistic Diversity

Barni, Monica - 2006

The aim of this paper is describing a new methodology for mapping and measuring linguistic diversity in a territory. The three methods that have been created by the Centro di eccellenza della ricerca Osservatorio linguistico permanente dell'italiano diffuso fra stranieri e delle lingue immigrate...

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Linguistic diversity, school language of instruction policy, and learning outcomes across Asia and the Pacific

Igarashi, Takiko; Suryadarma, Daniel; Yadav, Pooja - 2023

Children appear to learn better when taught in their mother tongue. This finding gives rise to an argument that mother tongue-based multilingual education could effectively improve learning outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. However, the challenges of implementing an effective...

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Language diversity in urban landscapes: An econometric study

Onofri, Laura; Nunes, Paulo A. L. D.; Cenoz, Jasone; … - 2008

This multidisciplinary study adopts econometric analysis for investigating how different characteristics determine the choice of the language used in the signs of a shopping street. We work with a dataset containing about 200 observations collected in the main shopping streets of the cities of...

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Ethnic diversity makes me sick! An examination of ethnic diversity’s effect on health outcomes

Awaworyi Churchill, Sefa; Ocloo, Janet Exornam; … - 2015

This study hypothesizes a relationship between ethnic diversity and health outcomes. We explore the effects of ethnic and linguistic heterogeneity (measured by indices of ethnic and linguistic fractionalization) on 30 health outcome variables in a cross-section of 87 countries. We explore...

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The value of language skills

Grenier, Gilles - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)

In today’s globalized world, people are increasingly mobile and often need to communicate across different languages. Learning a new language is an investment in human capital. Migrants must learn the language of their destination country, but even non-migrants must often learn other languages...

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Linguistic diversity in the classroom, student achievement, and social integration

Bredtmann, Julia; Otten, Sebastian; Vonnahme, Christina - 2018

In this article, we analyze whether non-native speakers in the classroom affect the educational achievement and social integration of migrant and native students. In contrast to previous studies, which mainly examine the effect of the share of immigrant pupils, we focus on language heterogeneity...

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The value of language skills

Grenier, Gilles; Zhang, Weiguo - In: IZA World of Labor (2021)

In today's globalized world, people are increasingly mobile and often need to communicate across different languages. Learning a new language is an investment in human capital. Migrants must learn the language of their destination country, but even non-migrants must often learn other languages...

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