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A Framework for Analyzing Language and Welfare

Mélitz, Jacques - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

The paper proposes a general model that will encompass trade and social benefits of a common language, a preference for … a variety of languages, the fundamental role of translators, an emo-tional attachment to maternal language, and the … considers minor-ities to suffer losses from the subordinate status of their language. In addition, the model treats the threat …

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A Framework for Analyzing Language and Welfare

Mélitz, Jacques - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012

The paper proposes a general model that will encompass trade and social benefits of a common language, a preference for … a variety of languages, the fundamental role of translators, an emotional attachment to maternal language, and the … considers minorities to suffer losses from the subordinate status of their language. In addition, the model treats the threat to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878986

English as a Global Language

Melitz, Jacques - Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique … - 2014

those where the language faces sharp competition and does not threaten to marginalize the other major languages. The former … important topic of welfare, the cultural market is the single one where it is arguable that the progress of English has gone too …

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A Framework for Analyzing Language and Welfare

Jacques, Mélitz - Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE) - 2013

The paper proposes a general model that will encompass trade and social benefits of a common language, a preference for … a variety of languages, the fundamental role of translators, an emotional attachment to maternal language, and the … considers minorities to suffer losses from the subordinate status of their language. In addition, the model treats the threat to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010722653

Returns to Citizenship? Evidence from Germany's Recent Immigration Reforms

Gathmann, Christina; Keller, Nicolas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Immigrants in many countries have lower employment rates and lower earnings than natives. In this paper, we ask whether a more liberal access to citizenship can improve the economic integration of immigrants. Our analysis relies on two major immigration reforms in Germany, a country with a...

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One nation, one language? : domestic language diversity, trade and welfare

Gurevitch, Tamara; Herman, Peter; Toubal, Farid; Yotov, Yoto - 2021

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English-Language Dominance, Literature and Welfare

Melitz, Jacques - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

translations are systematically concentrated on writings in the original language with the largest share in world sales. The model … one particular language hurts the production of literature directly, because variety of languages of origin is enriching … language to invest in their own talents. "Literature" in the paper refers to earlier production of imaginative works which …

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Network Effects and Welfare Cultures

Bertrand, Marianne; Luttmer, Erzo; Mullainathan, Sendhil - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 1998

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A Framework for Analyzing Language and Welfare

Mélitz, Jacques - Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique … - 2012

The paper proposes a general model that will encompass trade and social benefits of a common language, a preference for … a variety of languages, the fundamental role of translators, an emotional attachment to maternal language, and the … considers minorities to suffer losses from the subordinate status of their language. In addition, the model treats the threat to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010575238

Network Effects and Welfare Cultures

Bertrand, Marianne; Luttmer, Erzo; Mullainathan, Sendhil - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 1998

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010720907