Add to ORKGThis paper measures the contribution of knowing Catalan to finding a job in Catalonia. In the early eighties a drastic language policy change (normalització) promoted the learning and use of Catalan and managed to reverse the falling trend of its relative use versus Castilian (Spanish), thereby recovering its economic value. Using census data for 1991 and 1996, I estimate a significant positive Catalan premium: the probability of being employed increases between 3 and 5 percentage points if individuals know how to read and speak Catalan; it increases between 1 and 4 percentage points for writing Catalan. This premium is substantially higher for women than for men, and decreasing in schooling and in age
This paper explores the earnings return to Catalan knowledge for public and private workers in Catal...
One of the greatest challenges the language planners in Catalonia face in their drive to promote Cat...
The fact of speaking a language instead of another at a specific moment in a person’s life depends o...
This paper measures the contribution of knowing Catalan to finding a job in Catalonia. In the early ...
This paper investigates the economic value of Catalan knowledge for national and foreign first- and ...
This paper explores the earnings return to Catalan knowledge for public and private workers in Catal...
Maintenance and Shift of Catalan and Spanish: Two Sets of Data from Barcelona The primary aim of thi...
In multilingual labor markets agents with high proficiency in more than one language may be selected...
We exploit the 1983 language-in-education reform that introduced Catalan alongside Spanish as medium...
Cette étude a bénéficié d'une subvention de recherche à l'Institut de Sociolingüística Catalan du Mi...
We exploit the 1983 language-in-education reform that introduced Catalan alongside Spanish as medium...
We exploit the 1983 language-in-education reform that introduced Catalan alongside Spanish as medium...
We exploit the 1983 language-in-education reform that introduced Catalan alongside Spanish as medium...
This article is based on the sociolinguistic data gathered from a questionnaire to assess the degree...
The re-institutionalization of Catalan following the passage of the 1979 Catalan Statute of Autonomy...
This paper explores the earnings return to Catalan knowledge for public and private workers in Catal...
One of the greatest challenges the language planners in Catalonia face in their drive to promote Cat...
The fact of speaking a language instead of another at a specific moment in a person’s life depends o...
This paper measures the contribution of knowing Catalan to finding a job in Catalonia. In the early ...
This paper investigates the economic value of Catalan knowledge for national and foreign first- and ...
This paper explores the earnings return to Catalan knowledge for public and private workers in Catal...
Maintenance and Shift of Catalan and Spanish: Two Sets of Data from Barcelona The primary aim of thi...
In multilingual labor markets agents with high proficiency in more than one language may be selected...
We exploit the 1983 language-in-education reform that introduced Catalan alongside Spanish as medium...
Cette étude a bénéficié d'une subvention de recherche à l'Institut de Sociolingüística Catalan du Mi...
We exploit the 1983 language-in-education reform that introduced Catalan alongside Spanish as medium...
We exploit the 1983 language-in-education reform that introduced Catalan alongside Spanish as medium...
We exploit the 1983 language-in-education reform that introduced Catalan alongside Spanish as medium...
This article is based on the sociolinguistic data gathered from a questionnaire to assess the degree...
The re-institutionalization of Catalan following the passage of the 1979 Catalan Statute of Autonomy...
This paper explores the earnings return to Catalan knowledge for public and private workers in Catal...
One of the greatest challenges the language planners in Catalonia face in their drive to promote Cat...
The fact of speaking a language instead of another at a specific moment in a person’s life depends o...