The paper of M. Keith Chen , "<font>The Effect of Language on Economic Behavior: Evidence from Savings Rates, Health Behaviors, and Retirement Assets</font><font><font>" relates in an interesting <font>way the relation of language with the social and personal habits. It makes me wonder, what implication<font>s <font>this research off<font>er<font>s for language planning and policy<font>? <font>Please read the <font>working paper here: <br>
<a href="http://faculty.som.yale.edu/keithchen/papers/LanguageWorkingPaper.pdf">http://faculty.som.yale.edu/keithchen/papers/LanguageWorkingPaper.pdf</a><br><br><br></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font>-- <br>
Ayaz Ahmad<br>Lecturer in English,<br>Department of English,<br>Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan. <br>Ph.D. Research Scholar,<br>Area Study Centre (Russia, China & Central Asia),<br>University of Peshawar.<br>Cell Phone: +92-334-8432207