François Grin, Claudio Sfreddo, François Vaillancourt

The Economics of the Multilingual Workplace (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book approaches multilingualism in economic perspective. It explains how the linkages between linguistic and economic dimensions can be studied systematically, showing that foreign language skills are not only profitable for the individual worker, but can serve the performance of the firm and of an economy as a whole.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136978296
• Artikelnr.: 43821200

Autorenporträt

François Grin is Professor of Economics, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Claudio Sfreddo is Professor of Economics at the University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland. François Vaillancourt is Professor of Economics, University of Montreal, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: The
Economic Perspective on Multilingualism 1: Language at Work: Identifying
the Issue 2: On the Linguistics of the Economy v. the Economics of Language
3: A Gallery of Empirical Findings 4: Foreign Language Skills and Earnings
Part II: Foreign Language Skills, Foreign Language Use, and Production 5:
Language Use and the Production Process 6: From Theory to Measurement 7:
The Contribution of Multilingualism to Value Creation 8: Foreign Language
Skills and Hiring Strategies Part III: Policy Implications and Future
Prospects 9: Policy Implications 10: Multilingualism at Work: A Prospective
Glance Appendix I: Language-Augmented Production Model Appendix II:
Estimation Procedure and Results Appendix III: A Simple Recruitment Model
Notes Bibliography Index