Economic Approaches to Language and to Bilingualism
Author | : Canada. Canadian Heritage |
Publisher | : Canadian Museum of Civilization/Musee Canadien Des Civilisations |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
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Papers in this volume present research on the links between official languages and the economy. The first paper treats the learning of languages as an accumulation of human capital governed by the net yield on that asset. The second examines the impact of the innovations in information and communications technology on the economics of language use and the interaction of language and communications technology with the global economy. The next two papers offer measures of the yield to languages in Canada in different contexts and for different populations: earnings and employment probabilities in relation to three types of language knowledge, and estimates of the effects of bilingualism on annual earnings. The final papers examine how knowledge of languages can be a source of employment and a source of economic growth.