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References for The value of language skills
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Further reading
- Chiswick, B. R., Miller, P. W. The Economics of Language: International Analyses. New York: Routledge, 2007.
- Gazzola, M., Wickström, B. A. (eds). The Economics of Language Policy. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2016.
- Ginsburgh, V., Weber, S. (eds). The Palgrave Handbook of Economics and Language. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
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Key references
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Ginsburgh, V., Weber, S. "The economics
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Chiswick, B. R., Miller, P. W. "International
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Eberhard, D. M., Simons, G. F., Fennig, C. D. (eds). Ethnologue:
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