Language-in-education, language skills and the intergenerational transmission of language in a bilingual society

We investigate the causal effect of parents' linguistic skills on the intergenerational language transmission in a bilingual society. We consider the case of Catalonia, where the two main speech communities, Spanish and Catalan, are of similar sizes, and both languages are official, and exploit...

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Autores: Caminal Echevarría, Ramon, Cappellari, Lorenzo, Di Paolo, Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Bilingüisme
Llenguatge i llengües
Aptitud per a l'aprenentatge
Bilingualism
Language and languages
Learning ability
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spelling Language-in-education, language skills and the intergenerational transmission of language in a bilingual societyCaminal Echevarría, RamonCappellari, LorenzoDi Paolo, AntonioBilingüismeLlenguatge i llengüesAptitud per a l'aprenentatgeBilingualismLanguage and languagesLearning abilityWe investigate the causal effect of parents' linguistic skills on the intergenerational language transmission in a bilingual society. We consider the case of Catalonia, where the two main speech communities, Spanish and Catalan, are of similar sizes, and both languages are official, and exploit the natural experiment generated by a language-in-education reform. We discuss theoretically the main alternative channels through which such policies may affect the language parents speak to their children. Empirically, we find that the reform improved oral skills in Catalan among native Spanish speakers. These greater skills increased the propensity to speak Catalan with the offspring, which highlights the intergenerational spill overs of the reform. We also show that the effect is not confounded by spurious trends, potential changes in language identity, and linguistically mixed partnership formation.Elsevier B.V.2021202420212021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/176476Articles publicats en revistes (Econometria, Estadística i Economia Aplicada)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2021.101975Labour Economics, 2021, vol. 70, num. 101975https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2021.101975cc-by-nc-nd (c) Elsevier B.V., 2021http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/esinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/1764762026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Language-in-education, language skills and the intergenerational transmission of language in a bilingual society
title Language-in-education, language skills and the intergenerational transmission of language in a bilingual society
spellingShingle Language-in-education, language skills and the intergenerational transmission of language in a bilingual society
Caminal Echevarría, Ramon
Bilingüisme
Llenguatge i llengües
Aptitud per a l'aprenentatge
Bilingualism
Language and languages
Learning ability
title_short Language-in-education, language skills and the intergenerational transmission of language in a bilingual society
title_full Language-in-education, language skills and the intergenerational transmission of language in a bilingual society
title_fullStr Language-in-education, language skills and the intergenerational transmission of language in a bilingual society
title_full_unstemmed Language-in-education, language skills and the intergenerational transmission of language in a bilingual society
title_sort Language-in-education, language skills and the intergenerational transmission of language in a bilingual society
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Caminal Echevarría, Ramon
Cappellari, Lorenzo
Di Paolo, Antonio
author Caminal Echevarría, Ramon
author_facet Caminal Echevarría, Ramon
Cappellari, Lorenzo
Di Paolo, Antonio
author_role author
author2 Cappellari, Lorenzo
Di Paolo, Antonio
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Bilingüisme
Llenguatge i llengües
Aptitud per a l'aprenentatge
Bilingualism
Language and languages
Learning ability
topic Bilingüisme
Llenguatge i llengües
Aptitud per a l'aprenentatge
Bilingualism
Language and languages
Learning ability
description We investigate the causal effect of parents' linguistic skills on the intergenerational language transmission in a bilingual society. We consider the case of Catalonia, where the two main speech communities, Spanish and Catalan, are of similar sizes, and both languages are official, and exploit the natural experiment generated by a language-in-education reform. We discuss theoretically the main alternative channels through which such policies may affect the language parents speak to their children. Empirically, we find that the reform improved oral skills in Catalan among native Spanish speakers. These greater skills increased the propensity to speak Catalan with the offspring, which highlights the intergenerational spill overs of the reform. We also show that the effect is not confounded by spurious trends, potential changes in language identity, and linguistically mixed partnership formation.
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