Adopting Local Languages as Official Languages: Effect on Women and Rural Individuals’ Labor Force in Burkina Faso

Adopting Local Languages as Official Languages: Effect on Women and Rural Individuals’ Labor Force in Burkina Faso

This study investigates the impact of the use of the main local languages in Burkina Faso (Moore, Dioula, Fulfulde) on labor force participation. Using Ethnologue language data, I compute the relative language distance reduction index, after which I use a probit/logit model and instrumental variable...

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Main Author: SOULEYMANE YAMEOGO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korea Development Institute 2020-05-01
Series:KDI Journal of Economic Policy
Subjects:
language and ethnicity
labor and participation
institutions
globalization
rural and women
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.23895/kdijep.2020.42.2.31

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