Education, Language and Identity
利用加泰罗尼亚调查数据，研究显示在学校接受加泰罗尼亚语教学时间越长的人，加泰罗尼亚情感越强，且该效应在非加泰罗尼亚裔父母群体中也存在，并影响政治偏好和国家组织态度。
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. © 2013 Royal Economic Society.