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| DC Field | | Value | | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | | Chong, Alberto | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2010-02-23 | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2011-11-18T11:48:32Z | | - |
| dc.date.available | | 2011-11-18T11:48:32Z | | - |
| dc.date.issued | | 2006 | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/51508 | | - |
| dc.description.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. | | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | | eng | | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | Inter-American Development Bank, Research Dep. Washington, DC | | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | | Working paper // Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department 586 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | O40 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | Z13 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | O51 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.ddc | | 330 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Linguistics | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Culture | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | English | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Trust | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Governance | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Institutions | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Canada | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Sprache | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Kommunikation | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Kulturpsychologie | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Vertrauen | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Englisch (Sprache) | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Kanada | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Schätzung | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Ontario (Provinz) | | en_US |
| dc.title | | Does it matter how people speak? | | en_US |
| dc.type | | Working Paper | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.ppn | | 585533245 | | en_US |
| dc.rights | | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | | en_US |
| Appears in Collections: | | Research Department Working Papers, Inter-American Development Bank
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