Culture and language
Culture and language
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DOI：
10.1086/250105
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发表时间：
1999-12-01
影响因子：
8.2
通讯作者：
Lazear, EP
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作者：
Lazear, EP
共同的文化和共同的语言促进了个人之间的贸易。个人有动力学习其他语言和文化，这样他们就有了更多的潜在贸易伙伴。同化的价值对来自少数民族的人比对来自大少数民族的人更大。当一个社会的绝大多数人来自一种文化时，来自少数群体的人将更快地被同化。当移民的本土文化和语言在他或她的新国家得到广泛体现时，同化的可能性就会降低。此外，当政府直接保护少数群体的利益时，被多数文化同化的动机就会减少。在一个多元化的社会中，鼓励多元文化移民而不是集中移民的政府政策可能会增加本地人口的福利。有时，补贴同化和获得多数语言的政策。
Common culture and common language facilitate trade between individuals. Individuals have incentives to learn the other languages and cultures so that they have a larger pool of potential trading partners. The value of assimilation is larger to an individual from a small minority than to one from a large minority group. When a society has a very large majority of individuals from one culture, individuals from minority groups will be assimilated more quickly. Assimilation is less likely when an immigrant's native culture and language are broadly represented in his or her new country. Also, when governments protect minority interests directly, incentives to be assimilated into the majority culture are reduced. In a pluralistic society, a government policy that encourages diverse cultural immigration over concentrated immigration is likely to increase the welfare of the native population. Sometimes, policies that subsidize assimilation and the acquisition of majority language.