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Disenfranchisement in linguistically diverse societies : the case of the European Union

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dc.affiliation.dptoUC3M. Departamento de EconomĂ­aes
dc.contributor.authorGinsburgh, V.
dc.contributor.authorOrtuño, Ignacio
dc.contributor.authorWeber, Shlomo
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-02T11:14:33Z
dc.date.available2012-07-02T11:14:33Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractWe consider a linguistically diversified society and examine the notion of language disenfran-chisement when some individuals are denied the full access to documents and political process in their native tongues. To calculate the disenfranchisement indices we use the Dyen percentage cognate matrix of linguistic distances between Indo-European languages and apply survey and population data on language proficiency in the European Union. We then determine optimal sets of official languages that depend on society's sensitivity against disenfranchisement and comprehensiveness of the chosen language regime. We also discuss the language situation in the European Union after its last enlargement.
dc.description.sponsorshipWe are grateful to the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and FundaciĂłn BBVA for their financial support
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dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationJournal of the European Economic Association, 2005, v. 3, n. 4, pp. 946-96
dc.identifier.doi10.1162/1542476054430799
dc.identifier.publicationfirstpage781
dc.identifier.publicationissue4
dc.identifier.publicationlastpage791
dc.identifier.publicationtitleJournal of the European Economic Association
dc.identifier.publicationvolume3
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10016/5503
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://dx.doi.org/DOI:10.1162/1542476054430799
dc.rights© European Economic Association
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.subject.ecienciaEconomĂ­a
dc.subject.jelD70
dc.subject.jelO52
dc.subject.jelZ13
dc.subject.otherMultilingĂĽismo
dc.subject.otherUniĂłn Europea
dc.titleDisenfranchisement in linguistically diverse societies : the case of the European Union
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