全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): DP9416 The Economic Incentives of Cultural Transmission: Spatial Evidence from Naming Patterns across France

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来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP9416
	DP9416 The Economic Incentives of Cultural Transmission: Spatial Evidence from Naming Patterns across France
	Yann Algan; Clément Malgouyres; Thierry Mayer
发表日期	2013-04-07
出版年	2013
语种	英语
摘要	This paper studies how economic incentives influence cultural transmission, using a crucial expression of cultural identity: Child naming decisions. Our focus is on Arabic versus Non-Arabic names given in France over the 2003-2007 period. Our model of cultural transmission features three determinants: (i) vertical (parental) cultural transmission culture; (ii) horizontal (neighborhood) influence; (iii) information on the economic penalty associated with Arabic names. We find that economic incentives largely influence naming choices: Would the parental expectation on the economic penalty be zero, the annual number of babies born with an Arabic name would be more than 50 percent larger.
主题	International Trade and Regional Economics ; Public Economics
关键词	Cultural economics Cultural transmission First names Social interactions
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp9416
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/538252
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yann Algan,Clément Malgouyres,Thierry Mayer. DP9416 The Economic Incentives of Cultural Transmission: Spatial Evidence from Naming Patterns across France. 2013.