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DESCRIPTION:Eric Chyn (University of Texas\, Austin)\, “Ideology in Governm
 ent: Evidence from the Office of Indian Affairs and the Assimilation Era”\
 , Public Economics Seminar\, TSE\, October 24\, 2025\, 11:00–12:15\, room 
 Auditorium 4.\n\nThis paper studies the ideology of government officials a
 nd coercive policymaking by studying the Indian Affairs office and the det
 ailed reports of its bureaucrats who held authority over the land\, educat
 ion\, and legal governance of Indigenous populations in the United States.
  We digitize the agency's archival records and use computational tools to 
 conduct large-scale analysis on the strength of support for the organizati
 on's assimilationist policies and goals among members of its workforce dur
 ing the 19th and early 20th centuries. We document major shifts in ideolog
 ical commitments that coincide with the entry---and eventual exit---of soc
 ial reformers nominated for high-level agency positions by religious organ
 izations. We find that ideology within the bureaucracy appears to moderate
  around the turn of the century despite the organization's overall continu
 ed pursuit of major assimilation policies\, such as the promotion of farmi
 ng and enrollment in off-reservation Indian boarding schools. To examine p
 erformance implications of ideology within the bureaucracy\, we conclude w
 ith an analysis of policy implementation after the passage of the Dawes Ac
 t\, a landmark law that aimed to dismantle collective land holdings. We pr
 ovide evidence showing that the agencies with local staff who express grea
 ter past commitment to assimilationist goals carried out more land redistr
 ibution immediately after Dawes became law.
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LOCATION:TSE\, October 24\, 2025\, 11:00–12:15\, room Auditorium 4
SUMMARY:Public Economics Seminar
URL;TYPE=URI:https://www.tse-fr.eu/seminars/2025-ideology-government-eviden
 ce-office-indian-affairs-and-assimilation-era
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