Linguistic diversity, official language choice and human capital
The mechanisms linking high ethnic fractionalization (ELF) to poor economic outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa remain obscure. This paper proposes that high ELF raises the costs of implementing indigenous language education policies, and that the concomitant reliance on colonial languages as media of in...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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2 February 2022
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Journal of development economics
Year: 2022, Volume: 156, Pages: 1-19 |
| ISSN: | 0304-3878 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102811 |
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| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102811 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304387821001644 
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| Author Notes: | David D. Laitin, Rajesh Ramachandran |
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