, on arrival, do not know their host country's language. It reviews problems of economic integration into the labor market …

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 …

language in Zambia. We develop a theoretical framework, which is tested using data on elicited beliefs about the effects of … changes in Zambia's language policy on schooling outcomes, income, and social cohesion. In general, support for the use of … language compared to English, and economic expectations in terms of effects on income are important determinants of the …