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Speaking Ourselves Closer: Linguistic Minorities, Social Cohesion and Local Development

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  • Giulia Ferrante
  • Luca Buzzanca
  • Arsene Perrot

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This study argues that regional development theories and policymaking have overlooked the role of local cultural characteristics and social cohesion in influencing local development through cohesion networks, proxim- ities and territorial identity. Supporting this statement through the Italian case study, we provide causal evidence from Difference-in-Differences estimates of the effect of social cohesion fostered by local cultural characteristics’ recognition in mitigating depopulation trends in peripheries after a place-based policy’s implementation. Linguistic Minorities-hosting municipalities retained 2.9 more inhabitants per 1,000 per year, a relevant but heterogeneously distributed effect with proximities-induced spillovers. This frames cultural characteristics as local public goods and policymaking tools.

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  • Giulia Ferrante & Luca Buzzanca & Arsene Perrot, 2025. "Speaking Ourselves Closer: Linguistic Minorities, Social Cohesion and Local Development," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) 2530, Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography, revised Aug 2025.
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    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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