IntergenerationalEffectsOfLanguageProficiency

Replication files for Black and Kunz 2024 JEBO

• Current version: 1.0.0 01jun2025
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Overview

This repository contains replication files and data for Black and Kunz (2024); more details can be found in the paper.

The analysis is based on the LSAC survey and the PLIDA data, both have restricted access but can be accessed and applied for following the links above.

Here, we describe and provide our code. We encourage any replication attempt, and interested readers should not hesitate to contact Johannes Kunz about any of these. For brevity, we exclude the multitude of replication files for the Appendix version, but are happy to provide these upon request.

We are in the process of vetting the do files used for data construction, which will be added shortly. For inquiries about these in the meantime, please write to Johannes Kunz.

Replication do-files

Here, we collect the do-file used in our analysis. We do not repost the datasets as they are proprietary, which requires approved access (see above). The dofile of all main results should be replicable. Please let us know if you encounter any issues.

The replication files are ordered as the exhibits appear in the paper; the eX_loc estimates the LSAC results locally and loads the PLIDA results that were extracted and vetted from the remote server (the primary PLIDA estimation files are stored in the corresponding eX_plida dofiles).

Linguistic distance and IV

Perhaps useful for other research are the codings of the linguistic distance; we store the LSAC and PLIDA data that can be merged onto the respective files separately in the folder _auxdata.

The linguistic distance IV is based on Bleakley and Chin, 2004) and Clarke and Ishpording, 2016), and uses the ASJP, which can be found and replicated following the link. They involve finding the iso codes of the respective language and then running the ASJP exe files.

For LSAC, the language distance is defined on the question for the mother's first language, and in the Census does not contain a question on first language, thus, it is based on the main language in the country of origin which we describe in the paper and can be found in the porvided dataset.

Update History

• Jun 1, 2025
  • initial commit

Authors:

Nicole Black
Monash University

Johannes S Kunz
Monash University

References:

Nicole Black and Johannes S. Kunz. 2024. The Intergenerational Effects of Language Proficiency on Child Health Outcomes: Evidence from Survey- and Census-matched Health Care Records Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 225:136-152.