Compulsory language educational policies and identity formation

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Aspachs-Bracons, Oriol; Clots-Figueras, Irma; Costa-Font, Joan; Masella, Paolo
• 署名单位: University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; Universidad Carlos III de Madrid; University of Barcelona; European University Institute
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1542-4766
• DOI: 10.1162/JEEA.2008.6.2-3.434
• 发表日期: 2008
• 页码: 434-444
• 关键词: economics

摘要

Education can be at the root of the process of identity formation. Using survey data from Catalonia and the Basque Country, where in 1983 the education system became bilingual, we study how parental choices and schooling interact with each other and contribute to the development of individual identity. The difference between the reforms implemented in the two Spanish regions is that whereas in Catalonia the reform was compulsory, in the Basque Country parents could choose the language used to educate their children. Results show a significant effect of the compulsory language policy implemented in Catalonia on identity, whereas the non-compulsory language policy implemented in the Basque Country does not have any effect.