We introduce the notion of language disenfranchisement which arises if the number of EU working languages is reduced …. We use the data on language proficiency in EU and show that, in spite of the widespread knowledge of English, the … though French is the second leading language within the EU, the situation is likely to be reversed after the enlargement. …

We introduce the notion of language disenfranchisement which arises if the number of EU working languages is reduced …. We use the data on language proficiency in EU and show that, in spite of the widespread knowledge of English, the … though French is the second leading language within the EU, the situation is likely to be reversed after the enlargement …

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 … environment where heterogeneous agents from various minority groups choose whether to acquire a majority language fully, partially …

This article introduces the notion of language disenfranchisement which arises if the number of EU working languages is … reduced and some EU citizens are denied the use of their own language for official purposes. We use data on language … French is the second leading language within the EU, the recent enlargement could change that situation …

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 … environment where heterogeneous agents from various minority groups choose whether to acquire a majority language fully, partially …