language use and linguistic rights of ethnic communities in North Macedonia. At first the paper gives a historical overview of … the modalities of language rights protection in the country before and after its independence in 1991. The paper focuses …

I investigate the effect of changing language skills on trade using an unique panel data set on spoken language. It … countries have witnessed an advancing trade integration and large changes in foreign language knowledge. I estimate a …), I find a significant causal impact of aggregate common spoken language on trade, but not for any specific language. …