Dialects, cultural identity, and economic exchange

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 72, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 225-239

  Falck, Oliver ^a   Heblich, Stephan ^b   Lameli, Alfred ^c   Südekum, Jens ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c Research Centre Deutscher Sprachatlas   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Culture; Dialects; Germany; Gravity; Internal migration; Language

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863216447     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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