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

This article investigates the macro-level drivers of adult-age language learning. We construct a new dataset that … covers German language learning in 77 countries (including Germany) for 1992-2006. Fixed-effects regressions show that … language learning in the EU is strongly associated with immigration. Instead, immigration by non-EU citizens in associated with …

This paper analyses the effect of the presence of German language learning opportunities abroad on migration to Germany … offers language courses and standardized exams. Our unique dataset covers 69 countries for the period 1977 to 2014. In this … that the number of language institutes of the GI in a country is positively correlated with migration from that country to …

The essay gives an overview of how language planning and language policy can be motivated and analyzed by economic … methods. It is discussed what type of value language-related goods possess and what type of goods they are. Properties like … degrees of rivalry, exclusion, and shielding and how they can justify language planning are treated. A cost-benefit approach …

decision to learn, while two concern as well the choice of the particular language to learn. Literacy generally promotes … learning while the world population of speakers of the native language generally discourages it. Trade with speakers of a … specific language prompts learning of that specific language while the linguistic distance between the home and the foreign …

influence of reading performance on math performance, highlighting the importance of early language support for immigrants for …

approach using, as an instrument, the measurement of how far, on average, official language differs from ordinary language. The …