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dc.contributor.advisor | Di Paolo, Antonio | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ayza Estopà, Guida | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-01-20T17:31:03Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-01-20T17:31:03Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/173259 | - |
dc.description | Treballs Finals del Màster d'Economia, Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona, Curs: 2019-2020, Tutor: Antonio Di Paolo | ca |
dc.description.abstract | Abstract. Do bilinguals outperform monolinguals on skills development? If so, is there heterogeneity in the effect of bilingualism across countries? I combine data of the PIAAC with the Levenshtein measure of linguistic distance and I estimate the effects of bilingualism in the scores gained in the literacy and numeracy tests of the PIAAC by Ordinary Least Squares. I perform the analysis using data on 7 European and postSoviet countries with a significant percentage of a bilingual population. I find a bilingual advantage in the countries where most of the bilinguals speak the same two languages as well as a detrimental effect of a higher linguistic distance. Moreover, I exploit the Spanish case to identify if the general intuition holds for the within-country case. Results indicate that a linguistic immersion in two well-established languages can help to develop a bilingual advantage on literacy and numeracy skills if both languages do not differ sharply between them. These findings are relevant for the design of language-in-education policies since they suggest the importance of fostering bilingualism in modern societies. | ca |
dc.format.extent | 45 p. | - |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | - |
dc.language.iso | eng | ca |
dc.rights | cc-by-nc-nd (c) Ayza, 2020 | - |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ | * |
dc.source | Màster Oficial - Economia | - |
dc.subject.classification | Ensenyament bilingüe | cat |
dc.subject.classification | Llengua i ensenyament | cat |
dc.subject.classification | Política lingüística | cat |
dc.subject.classification | Treballs de fi de màster | cat |
dc.subject.other | Bilingual education | eng |
dc.subject.other | Language and education | eng |
dc.subject.other | Language policy | eng |
dc.subject.other | Master's theses | eng |
dc.title | Bilingualism, linguistic distance and adult’s skills endowment: evidence from PIAAC | ca |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis | ca |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | ca |
Appears in Collections: | Màster Oficial - Economia |
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