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  "title": "Migration & the Economics of Language",
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  "summary": "Language skills for immigrants are a form of human capital.",
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      "content": "- Language skills for immigrants are a form of human capital.\n- Knowing the local language increases the probability of getting a job and of higher earnings.\n- A common lingua franca helps promote the growth of the entire economy."
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      "heading": "Interview focus",
      "content": "- Interview with Barry Chiswick, a professor of economics at George Washington University.\n- Exploration of the history of human capital as far back as Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations in 1776.\n- Examination of what this historical concept means for immigration in the modern global economy.\n- Date: March 2, 2016."
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      "content": "- Listen to the interview here: https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/249546394\n\nSource: Migration & the Economics of Language, iMFdirect, March 2, 2016.\n\n---\n\n\n References\n\n- this interview\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2016/03/02/migration-the-economics-of-language"
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    "Language skills for immigrants are a form of human capital.",
    "Knowing the local language increases the probability of getting a job and of higher earnings.",
    "A common lingua franca helps promote the growth of the entire economy.",
    "Interview with Barry Chiswick, a professor of economics at George Washington University.",
    "Exploration of the history of human capital as far back as Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations in 1776.",
    "Examination of what this historical concept means for immigration in the modern global economy.",
    "Date: March 2, 2016.",
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