An economic perspective on learning a second language

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to examine, with the help of human capital theory, individual decisions with respect to learning a second language. In the first part of the paper, we examine, in a non‐technical fashion, the human capital theory and how it can be used to examine the decision to become bilingual. In the second part of the paper, we present the survey data on the francophones from Quebec and the Hispanics from the United States used in the study. Finally in the third part of the paper we present our empirical results: they show that family background and environmental variables have an impact on the likelihood of an individual being bilingual or not.

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