Canada is a country with two official languages, French and English. The need for both languages in Quebec and the Rest-of-Canada … (ROC) generates a demand for bilingualism and investment in the acquisition of a second official language. Knowledge of an … additional language may be associated with enhanced earnings because it may reflect what might generically be called 'ability …

Canada is a country with two official languages, French and English. The need for both languages in Quebec and the Rest-of-Canada … (ROC) generates a demand for bilingualism and investment in the acquisition of a second official language. Knowledge of an … additional language may be associated with enhanced earnings because it may reflect what might generically be called 'ability …

This paper provides an introduction and overview of my research on the Economics of Language. The approach is that … language skills among immigrants and native-born linguistic minorities are a form of human capital. There are costs and … determinants of destination language proficiency among immigrants. This is based on Exposure, Efficiency and Economic Incentives …

This paper analyzes the effects of language practice on earnings among adult male immigrants in Canada using the 1991 … Census. Earnings are shown to increase with schooling, pre-immigration experience and duration in Canada, as well as with … complementarity between language skills and both schooling and preimmigration experience. That is, greater proficiency in the official …

The internet has transformed the way in which voters access and receive political information, such that it has … to filter relevant information themselves. The introduction phase of the internet coincided with a decreasing voter … internet's effects on the consumption of information is also relevant for how voters view labor policies. …

, utilise Internet technology. The study draws on several case studies to build a detailed story about how different … picture of the dynamics of Indonesian NGOs in engaging with Internet technology through an exploratory survey involving some …-governmental organisations (NGOs) ; globalisation ; politics ; Internet adoption …