The economics of language policy / Michele Gazzola and Bengt-Arne Wickström.

Previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In an era of globalisation, issues of language diversity have economic and political implications. Transnational labour mobility, trade, social inclusion of migrants, democracy in multilingual countries, and companies' international competitiveness all have a linguistic dimension; yet economists in general do not include language as a variable in their research. This volume demonstrates that the application of rigorous economic theories and research methods to issues of language policy yields valuable insights.

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Series Foreword; Introduction; Economics and Language Policy; How This Book Is Organized A Map and a Compass of Language Economics; Conclusions; Notes; References; I A Map and a Compass of Language Economics; 1 Fifty Years of Economics in Language Policy: Critical Assessment and Priorities; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Toward a Mental Map of Language Economics; 1.2 Interdisciplinarity, Relevance, and LPP (Language Policy and Planning); 1.3 Does Language Economics Do Any Good to the Language Disciplines?; 1.5 Priorities; Appendix: Mental Map of Language and Explanation of Symbols Used.

NotesReferences; 2 A Concise Bibliography of Language Economics; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Surveys and Meta-Level Analyses; 2.3 Economics of Language Corpus; 2.4 Economics of Language Status; Notes; References to the Introduction; II Linguistic Diversity, Welfare, and Language Policies; 3 Linguistic Diversity, Standardization, and Disenfranchisement: Measurement and Consequences; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Basic Concepts; 3.3 Fractionalization and Polarization; 3.4 Standardization; 3.5 Disenfranchisement; 3.6 Conclusions; Notes; References.

4 Distribution of the Benefits and Costs of Canada's Federal Official Languages Policy: Results for 20014.1 Introduction; 4.2 Costs and Benefits of Two Official Languages in Canada; 4.3 Methodology for Ascertaining the Distribution of the Costs and Benefits of the Federal Official Language Policy; 4.4 Results; 4.5 Conclusion; Notes; References; 5 Economic Value of Reciprocal Bilingualism; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Distribution of Language Skills in Bilingual Societies; 5.3 The Benchmark Model; 5.4 Analysis of the Benchmark Model; 5.5 Extensions; 5.6 Concluding Remarks; Appendix; Notes; References.

6 Economic Theory and Minority Language6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Type of Societies and Languages; 6.3 Knowledge and Use of a Minority Language; 6.4 A Model of Minority Language Use; 6.5 The Equilibrium; 6.6 Cognitive and Politeness Attached to Strategy s1; 6.7 Cognitive and Politeness Features Attached to Strategy s2; 6.8 Relative Popularities of s2 and s1; 6.9 Relation with the Language Economics Literature; 6.10 Suggestions for Policy Makers; 6.11 Conclusions; Appendix: Matrix of Expected Payoffs of the Language Use Game; Notes; References.

7 Languages and National Identity in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Multilevel Approach7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Related Literature; 7.3 Data and Variables; 7.4 Empirical Analysis; 7.5 Conclusion and Suggested Research Steps; Appendix A; Appendix B: Technical Details on the Index of Communication Potential (ICP); Appendix C: Principal Component Analysis (Used to Reveal Socioeconomic Status of Respondents); Appendix D; Notes; References; III Language as Human Capital; 8 English as the Lingua franca and the Economic Value of Other Languages: The Case of the Language of Work in the Montreal Labor M.

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