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dc.contributor.author | Chong, Alberto | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-02-23 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-11-18T11:48:32Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2011-11-18T11:48:32Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | - |
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 |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aInter-American Development Bank, Research Department |cWashington, DC | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aWorking Paper |x586 | en |
dc.subject.jel | O40 | en |
dc.subject.jel | Z13 | en |
dc.subject.jel | O51 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Linguistics | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Culture | en |
dc.subject.keyword | English | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Trust | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Governance | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Institutions | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Canada | en |
dc.subject.stw | Sprache | en |
dc.subject.stw | Kommunikation | en |
dc.subject.stw | Kulturpsychologie | en |
dc.subject.stw | Vertrauen | en |
dc.subject.stw | Englisch (Sprache) | en |
dc.subject.stw | Kanada | en |
dc.subject.stw | Schätzung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Ontario (Provinz) | en |
dc.title | Does it matter how people speak? | - |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 585533245 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
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