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| dc.title | Does It Matter How People Speak? |
| dc.contributor.author | Chong, Alberto E. |
| dc.contributor.orgunit | Department of Research and Chief Economist |
| dc.coverage | Canada |
| dc.date.available | 2011-02-07T00:00:00 |
| dc.date.issue | 2006-12-11T00:00:00 |
| 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. |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010970 |
| dc.identifier.url | https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Does-It-Matter-How-People-Speak.pdf |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.medium | Adobe PDF |
| dc.publisher | Inter-American Development Bank |
| dc.subject | Art and Culture |
| dc.subject.keywords | WP-586 |
| dc.type | Working Papers |
| idb.identifier.pubnumber | Working Papers |