Federal statutory protection of language rights developed through the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - particularly § 601 of … Lau recognized the connection between language barriers and inequality. The Supreme Court's decision in Alexander v …. Sandoval, however, weakened the language rights established in Lau by depriving plaintiffs of a private right of action in …

In Europe exist over 200 languages of which only 24 are official languages of the EU. What effect do have minority and … regional languages onto prosperity? Is there any correlation between the language use and regional GDP per capita? How does … affect the meaning of an own regional language the regional wealth? These questions have not been answered yet in the …

language in Zambia. We develop a theoretical framework, which is tested using data on elicited beliefs about the effects of … changes in Zambia's language policy on schooling outcomes, income, and social cohesion. In general, support for the use of … language compared to English, and economic expectations in terms of effects on income are important determinants of the …

stricter requirements for proficiency in the state language on linguistic minority students' demand for, as well as … opportunities to pursue, further studies at the university level. The reform that we consider obligated all minority students …, including those studying in public schools with a full cycle of education in minority languages, to take a standardized school …

This study demonstrates a series of links between minority language skills, their economic return and their … indigenous groups, retaining the minority language along with Spanish increases employment opportunities. Furthermore, we show … children, controlling for other factors. Overall, this study shows that the continuity of minority languages across generations …

environment where heterogeneous agents from various minority groups choose whether to acquire a majority language fully, partially …Immigrants in economies with a dominant native language exhibit substantial heterogeneities in language acquisition of … the majority language. We model partial equilibrium language acquisition as an equilibrium phenomenon. We consider an …

Distributions of language rights in multilingual settings are analyzed from a normative viewpoint in this chapter. If …-benefit calculation has to be augmented in various ways if rights influence the status of a language, which in turn influences the … preferences for language rights. Also the inter-generational transfer of language repertoires to the next generation leads to an …

to several categories of literature in language economics. It consolidates the respective literature lists used by the …