Language nuances, trust and economic growth
Language nuances, trust and economic growth
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DOI：
10.1007/s11127-009-9497-9
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发表时间：
2010-04-01
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1.6
通讯作者：
Rios, Vanessa
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作者：
Chong, Alberto;Guillen, Jorge;Rios, Vanessa
语言有两个关键功能。它使代理之间能够进行沟通，从而允许正式和非正式机构的建立和运作。它还具有不太明显的功能，因为它提供了与信任、社会资本和文化认同相关的问题更密切相关的令人放心的品质。虽然关于语言作为学习过程的作用的研究很普遍，但没有证据表明语言作为文化亲和力信号的作用。我们采用后一种研究途径，并通过使用 1991 年至 2001 年期间安大略省南部金马蹄地区城市的英语数据，表明微妙的语言亲和力与收入变化呈正相关。结果对于规范的变化和大量的实证检验是稳健的。
Language serves two key functions. It enables communication between agents, which allows the set-up and functioning of formal and informal institutions. It also serves a less obvious function, as it provides a reassuring quality more closely related with issues linked with trust, social capital, and cultural identification. While research on the role of language as a learning process is widespread, there is no evidence on the role of language as a signal of cultural affinity. We pursue this latter avenue of research and show that subtle language affinity is positively linked with change in earnings when using English-speaking data for cities in the Golden Horseshoe area in Southern Ontario during the period 1991 to 2001. The results are robust to changes in specification, and a broad number of empirical tests.