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Economic Approaches
to Language
and Bilingualism

Edited by Albert Breton
Department of Economics
University of Toronto

 

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. An Economic Analysis of Language
Albert Breton

• 1.THE ECONOMICS OF "NON-ECONOMIC" REALITIES
• 2.LANGUAGES AS HUMAN CAPITAL
• 3.THE YIELD ON LANGUAGES
• 4.NETWORK EXTERNALITIES AND LINGUA FRANCAS
• 5.CONCLUSION
• 6.BIBLIOGRAPHY

  2.The Economics of Language in a Virtually
  Integrated Global Economy
  Richard G. Harris

• 1.INTRODUCTION
• 2.GLOBALIZATION, REGIONALIZATION AND LANGUAGE
• 3.ECONOMIC THEORIES OF LANGUAGE
• 4.LANGUAGE AND THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY
• 5.BILINGUALISM AS PUBLIC POLICY
• CONCLUSION
• BIBLIOGRAPHY

  3. Speak and Ye Shall Receive: Language
  Knowledge as Human Capital
  Krishna Pendakur and Ravi Pendakur

• INTRODUCTION
• RESEARCH QUESTION, METHODOLGY AND DATA
• RESULTS
• CONCLUSION
• BIBLIOGRAPHY

  4. Bilingualism and Earnings: A Study Based
  on 1971, 1981 and 1991 Census Data
  Louis N. Christofides and Robert Swidinsky

• INTRODUCTION
• THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
• DATA
• OLS REGRESSION RESULTS
• SELECTIVITY-CORRECTED RESULTS
• SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND CONCLUDING COMMENTS
• TABLES
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• APPENDIX

  5. Bilingualism in Employee Recruitment and the Role of
  Symbolic Analysts in Leading Export-Oriented Firms
  Harold Chorney

• INTRODUCTION
• HUMAN CAPITAL THEORY AND THE SUPPLY OF LABOUR
• THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY AND THE INTELLECTUAL STIMULUS OF
  LINGUISTIC DUALITY
• THE ROLE OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION:
  A CAPITAL AND PUBLIC GOODS APPROACH
• THE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE IN
  INTERNATIONAL TRADE
• BENEFITS OF BILINGUALISM IN JOB SEARCH:
  PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE
• A FORMAL TEST OF THE HYPOTHESES:
  SOME EVIDENCE
• HIGH, LOW AND MEDIUM TECHNOLOGY:
  THE BASIS OF OUR METHODOLOGY
• COMPANIES IN THE SURVEY
• LARGE EMPLOYERS
• THE LOW TECHNOLOGY GROUP
• THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES OUTSIDE OF MICRO-ELECTRONICS
• SOME CONCLUSIONS
• A LOOK AGAIN AT THE LOW TECHNOLOGY GROUP
• SOME IN-DEPTH STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
• CONCLUSION
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  6. The Contribution of a Minority to its Region: The Case
  of the Acadians in New Brunswick's South East
  Maurice Beaudin

• INTRODUCTION
• METHODOLOGY/DATA SOURCES
• OVERVIEW OF STUDY REGION
• ACADIAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE SOUTHEAST:
  DIVERSIFYING AND CATCHING UP
• Acadian Women and Business: A Recent Match
• ACADIAN ENTREPRENEURS AND THE EXPORT SECTOR
• ACADIAN ENTREPRENEURS: CONFIRMING AN IDENTITY
• The University: Focus of Acadian Socio-Economic Emancipation
• BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT
• Conclusion
• BIBLIOGRAPHY

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  The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect federal government policy or opinion.

  Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data (Canada)

  Economic Approaches to Language and Bilingualism

  (New Canadian Perspectives, ISSN 1203-8903)
  Text in English and in French (two volumes).
  Includes bibliographical references.
  ISBN 0-662-26885-7
  Cat. No. CH3-2-7/1998E

  1. Language policy - Economic aspects - Canada.
  2. Bilingualism - Economic aspects - Canada - Congresses.
  I. Canada. Canadian Heritage.
  II. Series.

  P119.32C3 1998 306.44971 C98-980242-6.

  © Department of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 1998