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| dc.title | Is It Possible to Speak English Without Thinking American?: On Globalization and the Determinants of Cultural Assimilation |
| dc.contributor.author | Chong, Alberto E. |
| dc.contributor.orgunit | Department of Research and Chief Economist |
| dc.coverage | United States |
| dc.date.available | 2011-02-07T00:00:00 |
| dc.date.issue | 2006-03-22T00:00:00 |
| dc.description.abstract | Based on research in linguistics and psychology I use language speech as a reflection of acculturation. I use individual and city-level data from the Lake Ontario area in Canada and study the determinants of cultural assimilation. I focus on education, age, income, and in particular, on some variables typically discussed when globalization issues come up, such as immigration, television viewing, borders, and residence history of the individuals. I find that actual contact does matter as a determinant of cultural homogenization. Virtual contact appears to be irrelevant. This finding is robust to changes in specification and to different empirical methods. |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010856 |
| dc.identifier.url | https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Is-It-Possible-to-Speak-English-Without-Thinking-American-On-Globalization-and-the-Determinants-of-Cultural-Assimilation.pdf |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.medium | Adobe PDF |
| dc.publisher | Inter-American Development Bank |
| dc.subject | Integration and Trade |
| dc.subject.keywords | WP-557 |
| dc.type | Working Papers |
| idb.identifier.pubnumber | Working Papers |