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Children's first names and immigration background in France

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Mahmood Arai () (Department of Economics and SULCIS - Stockholm University)
Damien Besancenot () (CEPN - Centre d'économie de l'Université de Paris Nord - CNRS : UMR7115 - Université Paris-Nord - Paris XIII)
Kim Huynh () (L.E.M. - Laboratoire d'Economie Moderne - Université Paris 2)
Ali Skalli () (LEM - Laboratoire d'Economie Moderne - Université Panthéon-Assas - Paris II)

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We present evidence indicating that immigrants and especially those from the Maghreb/Middle-East give first names to their children that are different from those given by the French majority population. When it comes to natives with an immigrant background, these diff erences are very little pronounced. Being born and raised up in France as well as being exposed to the French society and culture through residence, citizenship and the educational system draws individuals with or without immigrant background into similar ways of expressing belongings when choosing first names for their children, indicating the very strong assimilating forces in the French society.

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Keywords: First names; integration; belonging; immigrants.;

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  1. Mahmood Arai & Peter Skogman Thoursie, 2009. "Renouncing Personal Names: An Empirical Examination of Surname Change and Earnings," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 27(1), pages 127-147, 01. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Roland G. Fryer & Steven D. Levitt, 2004. "The Causes and Consequences of Distinctively Black Names," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, MIT Press, vol. 119(3), pages 767-805, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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