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 …

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 …

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 …