The diverse group of middle-income countries (MIC) is composed by some economies with an active behavior in exports of technology-intensive goods that is strictly better than the group average. One of the factors explaining such a result is the improvement of their national technological...

These pages aim to give a global vision of the current situation of the so called “Economics of language” literature. They start over with a description of main characteristics and a first definition of what it is correctly understood as “Economics of language”. Later on, we thoroughly...

Within the study of the social and economic roles of the world’s languages, the demographic aspect –ie, the number of speakers– is often glossed over or presented with a great deal of inaccuracy. This working paper proposes a methodology for counting the number of Spanish speakers that...

The aim of this paper is to estimate how much worthy is Spanish language, that is, how much this common language promotes international trade. In order to quantify its economic effects, it is implemented a gravity model with panel data that collects bilateral trade flows between 51 countries for...

El presente trabajo consiste en un esfuerzo tanto teórico como empírico en conceptualizar y tipificar la localización productiva y sus relaciones con el poder público, utilizando el caso específico de la Enseñanza de Español como Lengua Extranjera (ELE) en Salamanca como material de...

This working Paper aims to study the role of languages in the decision-making processes of emigrants and the results of their migratory experiences, taking the Spanish case as a reference. Data bases and new approaches not yet explored are used to reach that goal. The results confirm that a...

This paper provides an estimate of the contribution of the Spanish language to the GDP and the Employment in Spain obtained by applying different procedures based on the combination of macroeconomic tools and techniques such as the National Account data and the Input- Output Tables, the...

In this work an analysis has been made of the Information Society from a linguistic viewpoint, presenting the information available for three reference communities: the Spanish, the English and the French. The analysis carried out for the Spanish-speaking community clearly links the presence of...

El trabajo utiliza el ejemplo de Polonia para abordar el valor económico de la lengua española. La similitud entre las comunidades que hablan español en España y polaco en Polonia se utiliza para analizar los problemas de las aproximaciones macroeconómicas. El estudio pone de manifiesto las...

En este texto se describe la evolución y características de la población de origen hispano residente en los Estados Unidos. A partir de datos oficiales y otras fuentes secundarias se detalla y analiza su evolución en las últimas décadas, los rasgos sociodemográficos más destacados, las...