| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP15770 |
| DP15770 The measurement of the value of a language | |
| Jorge Alcalde Unzu; Juan Moreno-Tenero; Shlomo Weber | |
| 发表日期 | 2021-02-05 |
| 出版年 | 2021 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | We address the problem of assessing the value of a language. We consider a stylized model of multilingual societies in which we introduce axioms formalizing the principles of impartiality, monotonicity, invariance and consistency. We show that the combination of these axioms characterizes a family of communicative benefit functions which assign a value to each language in the society. The functions within the family involve a two-step procedure. First, they identify the groups of agents that can communicate in each language. Second, each group is assigned an aggregate (size-dependent) value, which is evenly divided among the languages in which the group can communicate. Our novel approach could be useful in a wide range of empirical applications and policy decisions. |
| 主题 | Public Economics |
| 关键词 | Value of a language Communicative benefits Measure Axioms Characterization |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp15770 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/544771 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Jorge Alcalde Unzu,Juan Moreno-Tenero,Shlomo Weber. DP15770 The measurement of the value of a language. 2021. |
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