scholarly journals Mehrsprachigkeit am Arbeitsplatz

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Language Politics ◽  
Successful Communication ◽  
Linguistic Research ◽  
Language Courses ◽  
Unskilled Workers ◽  
Professional Contexts ◽  
Skilled And Unskilled Workers

Communication at work as well as multilingualism, language policy and language politics are increasingly in the focus of linguistic research. Global division of labor, internationalization of labor and trade markets, mobility of highly skilled and unskilled workers, and commodification of language as a product have all played their part. The authors of this book outline the complexity and breadth of the research field: from language courses for asylum seekers to integrate them into the labor market, to linguistic diversity in school social work and competence profiles for lay interpreters in professional contexts, to linguistic practices in the highly internationalized world of soccer and the preconditions of successful communication in the multilingual environment of EU institutions. The contributions offer insights into existing practices, identify challenges, and present possible solutions.

scholarly journals Real Urban Wage in an Agricultural Economy Without Landless Farmers: Serbia 1862-1910

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boško Mijatović ◽  
Branko Milanovic
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Economic Inequality ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
Agricultural Economy ◽  
Modest Increase ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
Agricultural Societies ◽  
Unskilled Workers ◽  
Skilled And Unskilled Workers

The paper presents the first estimate of the welfare ratio for Serbia using the 19th and early 20th century data on wages of skilled and unskilled workers (including the part paid in kind) and prices of goods that enter into “subsistence” and “respectability” consumption baskets. It finds a stagnation of unskilled wage close to the welfare ratio of 1, and a modest increase in skilled wage. The paper introduces several adjustments to conventional methodology in order to make it more relevant for predominantly agricultural societies. (Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality Working Paper)

scholarly journals Does Plant Size Matter? Differential Effects of Foreign Direct Investment on Wages and Employment in Indian Manufacturing

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shruti Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Critical Mass ◽  
Regional Analysis ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
Indian States ◽  
Differential Effects ◽  
Unskilled Workers ◽  
Size Matter ◽  
Skilled And Unskilled Workers

This paper examines the differential effects, based on the size of the plant, of industry-level foreign direct investment (FDI) on plant-level employment and the wages of skilled and unskilled workers in India's manufacturing sector. On average, there are strong positive differential effects of increased inward-level FDI for large plants relative to small and average-sized plants in terms of employment and the average wages of both skilled and unskilled workers. Small plants experience negative effects from inward FDI, which can be explained by intra-industry reallocation of output from smaller to larger plants. After conducting a regional analysis, I find positive spillovers to small plants in Indian states that receive large and persistent flows of FDI. This suggests that a critical mass of FDI is necessary for small plants to experience positive spillover effects.

scholarly journals Bringing linguistic research into legal scholarship and practice

2020 ◽  
pp. 1037969X2096283
Author(s):  
Alexandra Grey ◽  
Laura Smith-Khan
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Research Area ◽  
State Legislature ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Law Reform ◽  
Collaborative Approach ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Legal Scholarship ◽  
Linguistic Research ◽  
And Linguistics

This article suggests a cohesive articulation of the shared basis upon which the interdisciplinary research field of law and linguistics is developing, organising the research around the familiar three branches of the state: legislature, executive and judiciary, thus providing a map oriented towards non-linguists and legal practitioners. It also invites interdisciplinary scholars to critically reflect on future directions for this research area. This effort to redress the lack of recognition within the law of relevant linguistic research is part of our pursuit of an alternative and more collaborative approach to legal scholarship and law reform addressing issues of communicative barriers and linguistic injustice.

Import Competition and Post-displacement Wages in Korea: Whom You Trade with Matters

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Youngho Kang ◽  
Hyejoon Im
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Longitudinal Survey ◽  
Displaced Workers ◽  
Import Competition ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Advanced Country ◽  
Longitudinal Survey Data ◽  
Trading Partners ◽  
Unskilled Workers ◽  
Skilled And Unskilled Workers

Abstract: Using longitudinal survey data from Korean workers, we examine whether the effects of import competition on post-displacement wages are heterogeneous between skilled and unskilled workers for trading partners with different endowments of (un)skilled labor. Reemployment wages of displaced workers show a decrease for skilled workers but an increase for unskilled ones when imports from an advanced country rise, whereas they decrease for unskilled workers but increase for skilled ones when imports from a developing country rise. The results provide support for the Stolper–Samuelson theorem.

scholarly journals Language politics in Nepal: a socio-historical overview

2022 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhim Lal Gautam
Keyword(s):  
Language Contact ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
The Other ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Political Movements ◽  
Language Politics ◽  
Contact Shift ◽  
Global North ◽  
The One

Abstract This paper aims to outline the language politics in Nepal by focusing on the influences and expansions shifted from Global North to the Global South. Based on a small-scale case study of interviews and various political movements and legislative documents, this paper discusses linguistic diversity and multilingualism, globalization, and their impacts on Nepal’s linguistic landscapes. It finds that the language politics in Nepal has been shifted and changed throughout history because of different governmental and political changes. Different ideas have been emerged because of globalization and neoliberal impacts which are responsible for language contact, shift, and change in Nepalese society. It concludes that the diversified politics and multilingualism in Nepal have been functioning as a double-edged sword which on the one hand promotes and preserves linguistic and cultural diversity, and on the other hand squeeze the size of diversity by vitalizing the Nepali and English languages through contact and globalization.

The effect of innovation on skilled and unskilled workers during bad times

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 141-158
Author(s):  
Guillermo Arenas Díaz ◽  
Andrés Barge-Gil ◽  
Joost Heijs
Keyword(s):  
Unskilled Workers ◽  
Skilled And Unskilled Workers
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