Education, Language and Identity

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Clots-Figueras, Irma; Masella, Paolo
• 署名单位: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid; University of Sussex
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12051
• 发表日期: 2013
• 页码: F332-F357
• 关键词: diversity; ECONOMICS; CONSEQUENCES; immigrants; beliefs

摘要

The process of individual identity formation is still an enigma, as is the capacity of public bodies to intervene in it. In 1983, the Catalan education system became bilingual, and Catalan, along with Spanish, was taught in schools. Using survey data from Catalonia we show that respondents who have been exposed for a longer time period to teaching in Catalan have stronger Catalan feelings. The effect also appears to be present among individuals whose parents do not have Catalan origins; in addition the reform affects political preferences and attitudes towards the organisation of the State.