Era Hamiti

A gender perspective on language skills and employability: evidence from German-speaking youth in Kosovo

While linguistic capital has been widely studied in Western labour markets (Thuesen, 2016; Brophy, 2011), its gendered returns in post-conflict economies – where language skills intersect with fragile institutions and patriarchal norms – remain critically under-researched (Matysiak et al., 2024). Drawing on human c...