TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Algan, Yann
AU  - Malgouyres, Clément
AU  - Mayer, Thierry
AU  - Thoenig, Mathias
        TI  - The Economic Incentives of Cultural Transmission: Spatial Evidence from Naming Patterns across France
        PY  - 2021/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 14476
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp14476
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - first names
KW  - cultural transmission
KW  - cultural economics
KW  - social interactions
        ER  -