of language. Moreover, language and understanding, surely when related to most institutions in real life, delineate and … draw from John Davis’ (2003) analysis of the individual in posing the questions: what differentiates institutions, and how … can changing institutions be identified through time and space? Our analysis develops Searle’s (2005) argument that …

In this article we explore the relationship between institutions and educational performance from a historical … generated a negative effect due to a mismatch between the language of schooling (Spanish) and the population's language of use …

labor force participation. Using Ethnologue language data, I compute the relative language distance reduction index, after … which I use a probit/logit model and instrumental variable approach to account for language use policy endogeneity. This … study finds that the use of the Moore language increases the likelihood of labor force participation by 36 percent, with a …