Distinctively Black Names and Educational Outcomes

• 成果类型: Article; Early Access
• 署名作者: Kreisman, Daniel; Smith, Jonathan
• 署名单位: University System of Georgia; Georgia State University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-3808
• DOI: 10.1086/722093
• 发表日期: 2023
• 关键词: labor-market; field experiments; DISCRIMINATION; lakisha

摘要

Names can convey information about race or ethnicity and therefore can be used to discriminate against protected groups; many researchers have demonstrated as much through audit studies. Yet few studies link life outcomes with names using observational data. We use administrative data from over 3 million Black students to ask whether those with more statistically Black names have differential educational outcomes. We find that while test scores, college enrollment, and college completion are negatively correlated with Black names net of background characteristics, this relationship is absent when we compare across siblings within households.