Please call me John: name choice and the assimilation of immigrants in the United States, 1900-1930
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- Carneiro, Pedro & Lee, Sokbae & Reis, Hugo, 2020. "Please call me John: Name choice and the assimilation of immigrants in the United States, 1900–1930," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 62(C).
- Pedro Carneiro & Sokbae Lee & Hugo Reis, 2016. "Please Call Me John: Name Choice and the Assimilation of Immigrants in the United States, 1900-1930," CReAM Discussion Paper Series 1608, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London.
- Carneiro, Pedro & Lee, Sokbae & Reis, Hugo, 2016. "Please Call Me John: Name Choice and the Assimilation of Immigrants in the United States, 1900-1930," IZA Discussion Papers 9792, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
Americanization; culture; first name; identity; immigration;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- N32 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - U.S.; Canada: 1913-
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HIS-2015-08-13 (Business, Economic & Financial History)
- NEP-MIG-2015-08-13 (Economics of Human Migration)
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