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<p>David D. Laitin, Stanford University<br>
Rajesh Ramachandran, Goethe University Frankfurt</p>
<p>This article explores how language policy affects the socioeconomic 
development of nation states through two channels: the individual’s 
exposure to and (in reference to an individual’s mother tongue) 
linguistic distance from the official language. In a cross-country 
framework the article first establishes a robust and sizeable negative 
relationship between an official language that is distant from the local
 indigenous languages and proxies for human capital and health. To 
establish this relationship as causal, we instrument language choice 
with a measure of geographic distance from the origins of writing. Next,
 using individual level data from India and a set of 11 African 
countries, we provide microempirical support on the two 
channels—distance from and exposure to the official language—and their 
implications for educational, health, occupational and wealth outcomes. 
Finally, we suggest policy implications based on our findings. <strong><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/language-policy-and-human-development/F0464F77F597CA8FA466758650718018">Read more.</a></strong></p><p><a href="http://www.politicalsciencenow.com/language-policy-and-human-development/">http://www.politicalsciencenow.com/language-policy-and-human-development/</a><br><strong></strong></p><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message.  A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well.  (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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