Interregional Contact and the Formation of a Shared Identity

IF 5.6 1区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

American Economic Journal-Economic Policy Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI:10.1257/pol.20210237

Manuel Bagues, Christopher Roth

引用次数: 2

Abstract

We study the long-run effects of contact with individuals from other regions in early adulthood on preferences, beliefs, and national identity. We combine a natural experiment, the random assignment of male conscripts to different locations throughout Spain, with tailored survey data. Being randomly assigned to complete military service outside of one’s region of residence fosters contact with conscripts from other regions and increases sympathy and trust toward people from the region of service, as measured decades later. We also observe a long-lasting increase in identification with Spain for individuals originating from regions with strong peripheral nationalism. (JEL D12, D83, D91, J45, R23, Z13.)

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区域间接触与共同身份的形成

我们研究了在成年早期与来自其他地区的个体接触对偏好、信仰和民族认同的长期影响。我们结合了一个自然实验，将男性应征入伍者随机分配到西班牙各地的不同地点，以及量身定制的调查数据。从几十年后的数据来看，被随机分配到居住地区以外的地方服兵役，可以促进与其他地区应征入伍者的联系，增加对服役地区的人的同情和信任。我们还观察到，来自边缘民族主义强烈地区的个人对西班牙的认同持续增加。(jel d12, d83, d91, j45, r23, z13 .)

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American Economic Journal-Economic Policy ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

8.20

自引率

1.90%

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期刊介绍： The American Economic Review (AER) is a general-interest economics journal. The journal publishes 12 issues containing articles on a broad range of topics. Established in 1911, the AER is among the nation's oldest and most respected scholarly journals in economics. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy publishes papers covering a range of topics, the common theme being the role of economic policy in economic outcomes. Subject areas include public economics; urban and regional economics; public policy aspects of health, education, welfare and political institutions; law and economics; economic regulation; and environmental and natural resource economics.