Tarun Jain
Common Tongue: The Impact of Language on Educational Outcomes
Indian School of Business|Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam|Gulbarga University|Malabar Medical College Hospital and Research Centre
article investigates impact official language policies education using state formation india colonial provinces consisted districts official language matched districts language linguistically mismatched districts 180 percent lower literacy rates 201 percent lower college graduation rates driven difficulty acquiring education due different medium instruction schools educational achievement caught mismatched districts 1956 reorganization indian states linguistic lines suggesting political reorganization mitigate impact mismatched language policies