期刊名称：CORE Discussion Papers / Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (UCL), Louvain
出版年度：2010
卷号：2010
期号：1
出版社：Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (UCL), Louvain
摘要：We examine patterns of acquiring non-native languages in a model with two linguistic communities with
heterogeneous learning skills, where every individual faces the choice of self-learning the foreign language or
acquiring it at a profit-maximizing linguistic school. We consider a one-school model with divisions in both
communities and various two-school settings with a school in each community. We compare the number of
learners and welfare implications under self- learning with those obtained under various schooling contexts.
In particular, we show that for communities with similar size, introducing language schools always increases
the number of learners with respect to the exclusive self-learning option.
关键词：communicative benefits, linguistic equilibrium, learning costs
