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SUMMARY:job market seminar - Guillaume Blanc
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DESCRIPTION:This paper studies nation-building. We explore the role of stat
 esponsored education in the adoption of a common language and the formation
  of a national identity in a fragmented society. At the time of the French 
 Revolution\, only ten percent of the population spoke the French language i
 n France. We digitize a novel municipality-level dataset on spoken language
 s to document the process of homogenization in the nineteenth century. Usin
 g a regression discontinuity design\, we demonstrate that state-sponsored e
 ducation brought about the homogenization of language. Then\, we study the 
 geographical origins of the French language and the heterogeneous effects o
 f schools. We find that elites were an important driver of homogenization. 
 Finally\, we document a persistent impact of nation-building on national id
 entity and preferences for political centralization\, with increased partic
 ipation in the Resistance during World War II and votes against the 1969 re
 ferendum on regionalization.\\n\\nContact: Frédéric Deroïan : frederic.
 deroian[at]univ-amu.fr\n\nPlus d'informations: https://amse-aixmarseille.fr
 /fr/evenements/guillaume-blanc
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CONTACT:Frédéric Deroïan :&nbsp\;frederic.deroian[at]univ-amu.fr
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