Dialect speech and wages

Y Yao; Jan van Ours

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2019.01.016

Dialect speech and wages

Y Yao, Jan van Ours

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Our paper studies the causal effect of dialect speech on wages of native Dutch workers. Using an instrumental variable approach, we find evidence of a wage penalty of dialect speech for males but not for females.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	35-38
Number of pages	4
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	177
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2019.01.016
Publication status	Published - Apr 2019

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