@techreport{Chong2006Does,
abstract = {Language serves two key functions. It enables communication between agents, which allows for the establishment and operation of formal and informal institutions. It also serves a less obvious function, a reassuring quality more closely related to issues linked with trust, social capital, and cultural identification. While research on the role of language as a learning process is widespread, there is no evidence on the role of language as a signal of cultural affinity. I pursue this latter avenue of research and show that subtle language affinity is positively linked with change in earnings when using English-speaking data for cities in the Golden Horseshoe area in Southern Ontario during the period 1991 to 2001. The results are robust to changes in specification, a broad number of empirical tests, and a diverse set of outcome variables.},
address = {Washington, DC},
author = {Alberto Chong},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {O40; Z13; O51; 330; Linguistics; Culture; English; Trust; Governance; Institutions; Canada; Sprache; Kommunikation; Kulturpsychologie; Vertrauen; Englisch (Sprache); Kanada; Sch\"{a}tzung; Ontario (Provinz)},
language = {eng},
number = {586},
publisher = {Inter-American Development Bank, Research Dep.},
title = {Does it matter how people speak?},
type = {Working paper // Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/51508},
year = {2006}
}
