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respondents to answer on an individual basis, this language needs to be explicitly stated. …
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The paper proposes a general model that will encompass trade and social benefits of a common language, a preference for … a variety of languages, the fundamental role of translators, an emo-tional attachment to maternal language, and the … considers minor-ities to suffer losses from the subordinate status of their language. In addition, the model treats the threat …
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We construct new series for common native language and common spoken language for 195 countries, which we use together … with series for common official language and linguis-tic proximity in order to draw inferences about (1) the aggregate … dummy variable for common language, resting on official language, would say. In addition, ease of communication is far more …
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We construct new series for common native language and common spoken language for 195 countries, which we use together … with series for common official language and linguis-tic proximity in order to draw inferences about (1) the aggregate … dummy variable for common language, resting on official language, would say. In addition, ease of communication is far more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878979
The paper proposes a general model that will encompass trade and social benefits of a common language, a preference for … a variety of languages, the fundamental role of translators, an emotional attachment to maternal language, and the … considers minorities to suffer losses from the subordinate status of their language. In addition, the model treats the threat to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878986
needs for skills in the labor market. New skills, such as creativity are emerging as important attributes to the knowledge …
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Simple plots of data show that malaria has a negative correlation with national income per capita, whether looking across countries at a point in time, or looking at a single country over time. Some countries have been able to move from an equilibrium characterized by low income and high...
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of the health effects associated with exposure to wildfire smoke using a simple cost of illness approach and for the …
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health and more job security, in which large farms and technologically advanced farms have advantages. …
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The importance of health in promoting economic development has been forcefully stated by the World Health Organization …’s Commission on Macroeconomics and Health. In this paper, we look at the impact of own household health expenses on malaria … health production function is used to estimate the impact of malaria incidence on agricultural efficiency. Data come from the …
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