Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/177792 
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Year of Publication: 
2018
Citation: 
[Journal:] IZA World of Labor [ISSN:] 2054-9571 [Article No.:] 414 [Publisher:] Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) [Place:] Bonn [Year:] 2018
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Countries are not perfectly integrated market areas. Even if institutional differences are much smaller within than between countries, there are persistent local cultural differences. These differences act as barriers that reduce economic exchange: bilateral migration, trade, and knowledge diffusion flows are smaller, and individuals discriminate against unfamiliar dialects. They also act as natural limits to the degree of integration of a labor market, and they cannot (and perhaps should not) be easily affected by policy. Local dialects, shaped over centuries, provide a unique opportunity to measure these barriers.
Subjects: 
dialects
cultural differences
regional migration
JEL: 
Z13
R23
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Article

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