The German Language Worldwide: a New Data Set on Language Learning

Silke Uebelmesser, Matthias Huber and Severin Weingarten

CESifo Economic Studies, 2018, vol. 64, issue 1, 103-121

Abstract: This article presents a comprehensive overview of German language learning for more than 100 countries (including Germany) over a period of 50 years. We provide new and unique data from the Goethe Institut, a German cultural institute, which offers language courses and standardized exams. These data contain information about the supply of language learning opportunities, that is the number and the geographic distribution of institutes, and the demand in the form of course and exam registrations. These data do not only show the development of language learning for the German language over time, they also underline common trends and heterogeneities across regions.

Keywords: language learning; German language; new data sets; panel data; migration; trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C82 F15 F22 Y10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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