Common Tongue
The Impact of Language on Educational Outcomes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5753350 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tarun Jain (0000-0002-2634-7614, Indian School of Business, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 473-510 |
| Publication date | 2017-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022050717000481 |
| OpenAlex | W3123936057 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 23 |
This article investigates the impact of official language policies on education using state formation in India. Colonial provinces consisted of some districts where the official language matched the district's language and some where it did not. Linguistically mismatched districts have 18.0 percent lower literacy rates and 20.1 percent lower college graduation rates, driven by difficulty in acquiring education due to a different medium of instruction in schools. Educational achievement caught up in mismatched districts after the 1956 reorganization of Indian states on linguistic lines, suggesting that political reorganization can mitigate the impact of mismatched language policies
Demographic economics · Economics · First language · Graduation (instrument) · Linguistics · Literacy · Mathematics education · Medium of instruction · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · State (computer science) · Computer Science · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Engineering · Law · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Social and Economic Development in India
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |