@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp14476,
            	author={Algan, Yann and Malgouyres, Clément and Mayer, Thierry and Thoenig, Mathias},
            	title={The Economic Incentives of Cultural Transmission: Spatial Evidence from Naming Patterns across France},
            	year={2021},
	month={Jun},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={14476},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp14476},
	abstract={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.},
	keywords={first names;cultural transmission;cultural economics;social interactions},
            }