@article{ref1,
title="The Causes and Consequences of Distinctively Black Names",
journal="NBER working papers series",
year="2003",
author="Fryer, Roland G. and Levitt, Steven D.",
volume="2003",
number="online",
pages="w9938-w9938",
abstract="In the 1960's, Blacks and Whites chose relatively similar first names for their children. Over a short period of time in the early 1970's, that pattern changed dramatically with most Blacks (particularly those living in racially isolated neighborhoods) adopting increasingly distinctive names, but a subset of Blacks actually moving toward more assimilating names. The patterns in the data appear most consistent with a model in which the rise of the Black Power movement influenced how Blacks perceived their identities. Among Blacks born in the last two decades, names provide a strong signal of socio-economic status, which was not previously the case. We find, however, no negative causal impact of having a distinctively Black name on life outcomes. Although that result is seemingly in conflict with previous audit studies involving resumes, we argue that the two sets of findings can be reconciled.<p />",
language="",
issn="0898-2937",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}