Bilingual schooling and earnings: Evidence from a language-in-education reform

Cappellari, Lorenzo; Paolo, Antonio Di

doi:10.1016/j.econedurev.2018.03.007

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“…In this regard, although there is, to our knowledge, no evidence in the literature of a wage premium per se for knowledge of Basque, Cappellari and Di Paolo (2018) find positive returns of Catalonian bilingualism on earnings of approximately 1.4% per year of bilingual education (or 20% baseline returns), using data on the 1983 reform that established Catalan as a language of instruction in primary and secondary schools. This reform was similar to the one carried out in the Basque Country in the same year that we previously mentioned.…”

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confidence: 55%

“…The literature on the economic impact of bilingualism shows that, besides an increase in earnings (Cappellari & Di Paolo, 2018;Saiz & Zoido, 2005), bilinguals may also benefit from enhanced attention to detail, cross-cultural awareness, and social communication abilities. Though the estimated increase in earnings is relatively small (1.4% per year of bilingual education in Catalonia according to Cappellari & Di Paolo, 2018, and between 2 and 3% for the US according to Saiz & Zoido, 2005) studies have shown that there is also a link between bilingualism and cognitive ability. Bilinguals have been shown to have better executive function as they age than their monolingual counterparts (Bialystok & Craik, 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Parents’ Willingness to Pay for Bilingualism: Evidence from Spain

Vega-Bayo

Mariel

2022

J Fam Econ Iss

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We analyse parental school preferences in two contiguous provinces of northern Spain, which offer very different school choices since only one of them is bilingual. Basque-Spanish bilingualism affects the school system, labour market, and, consequently, family budgets in the Basque Country. In Cantabria, Spanish is the only official language, and English is the second language typically offered in the school system. Using two discrete choice experiments applied to school choice, we estimate parents’ willingness to pay for different school characteristics in the two areas. We find that the most highly valued school characteristic in both areas is the language of instruction, but in the Basque Country, where the minority language indirectly has a wage premium in the local labour market, its importance relative to other characteristics is more salient.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 55%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Parents’ Willingness to Pay for Bilingualism: Evidence from Spain

Vega-Bayo

Mariel

2022

J Fam Econ Iss

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“…Wage premiums have also been found among bilinguals in Catalonia, Spain (Catalan-Spanish) driven by bilingual education adopted through public policy (Cappellari & Di Paolo, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

The economic returns to language in Belize: evidence from the 2000 census

Pisani,

Pisani

2023

Econ. y Admin.

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English is the official language of Belize used in the conduct of official government business and as the standard in public education. However, English is not the primary language spoken in Belizean households nor in the conduct of local business transactions. Belize is a polyglot nation inclusive of European-based languages, native languages, and creole languages. In this paper, we demonstrate the economic returns to language acquisition and usage in Belize using census 2000 data. Our results indicate that Belize primarily rewards the ability to communicate in English and Spanish. Other language skills are also important, such as the ability to speak German, to speak Maya and English or Spanish, and the ability to speak in combination Creole-Spanish-English. There is a severe wage penalty associated with the speaking of Maya and Garifuna. Other non-language endogenous and exogenous variables are also explored.

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“…The study of two foreign languages by students is important in terms of further professional benefits: economic and labor ones. Bilingualism provides an economic effect: wages are increased by 20% of students who have studied two foreign languages (Cappellari & Di Paolo, 2018). The level of language training also affects the economic integration of migrants, which is especially relevant for internationalized EU countries (Lochmann, Rapoport, & Speciale, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

Special Features of Foreign-Languages Teaching at Higher Education Institution

Петренко¹,

Andriushchenko²,

Truba³

et al. 2020

IJHE

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The trend towards the development of intercultural communicative competences of students, the use of interactive teaching methods, the changing role of a teacher to a consultant in the teaching process necessitates highlighting the level of perception, knowledge and views of teachers on the intercultural approach in teaching. Based on the study of the experience of EU countries in the implementation of intercultural approach in the teaching of foreign languages and an enquiry of 32 teachers, the level of teachers’ perception of the intercultural approach was assessed. We have established the next points: 1) changes in the social and economic context require new approaches to the organization and provision of foreign language education; 2) shifting away from linguistic purity and correctness and the priority of a democratic society, openness to different cultures. This indicates that the social and educational environments are multilingual. The study proves a positive perception in increasing the level of knowledge concerning teachers’ intercultural communicative competences. Teachers confirm the importance of implementing an intercultural approach in teaching foreign languages. The scientific paper proves the convergence of developing countries, to advanced countries in the implementation of an intercultural approach to teaching foreign languagesat the local level. Nevertheless, the perception of intercultural competences as the best approach to teaching is at a mean level in Ukraine compared to EU countries.

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Bilingual schooling and earnings: Evidence from a language-in-education reform

Cited by 23 publications

References 21 publications

Parents’ Willingness to Pay for Bilingualism: Evidence from Spain

Parents’ Willingness to Pay for Bilingualism: Evidence from Spain

The economic returns to language in Belize: evidence from the 2000 census

Special Features of Foreign-Languages Teaching at Higher Education Institution

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