, matters for financial development or not. Our results show that countries speaking weak FTR language or a language not needing … a dedicated future tense marking have enhanced financial development relative to countries speaking strong FTR language … same. Finally, results show that weak FTR language speaking countries benefit more when their financial development is low. …

migrants arrive. Thus, it is increasingly important to consider what role differences in culture and language play in migration … decisions. Recent work shows that culture and language may explain migration patterns to developed countries even better than … in culture and language may create barriers that prevent the full realization of the potential economic gains from …