Surnames and social status in Spain
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| author | M. Dolores Collado |
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| contents | Surnames and social status in Spain M. Dolores Collado Ignacio Ortuño Ortín Andrés Romeu Economía y Finanzas Surnames socioeconomic status We study the information contained in surnames on the socioeconomic status of people in Spain. We find that people bearing uncommon surnames tend to enjoy a higher socioeconomic status than people bearing more common surnames. This bias is statistically very significant and robust to different measures of socioeconomic status, and it holds at the national aggregate level as well as at the regional level. The paper offers an explanation of a significant part of such bias as being generated by a signaling behavior by successful dynasties and a low degree of social mobility. 2008 artículo científico 0210-1521 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=17332301 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=173 Investigaciones Económicas application/pdf Fundación SEPI Investigaciones Económicas (España) Num.3 Vol.XXXII |
| format | Artículo científico |
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| language | en |
| publishDate | 2008 |
| publisher | Fundación SEPI |
| spellingShingle | Surnames and social status in Spain M. Dolores Collado Economía y Finanzas Surnames socioeconomic status Surnames and social status in Spain M. Dolores Collado Ignacio Ortuño Ortín Andrés Romeu Economía y Finanzas Surnames socioeconomic status We study the information contained in surnames on the socioeconomic status of people in Spain. We find that people bearing uncommon surnames tend to enjoy a higher socioeconomic status than people bearing more common surnames. This bias is statistically very significant and robust to different measures of socioeconomic status, and it holds at the national aggregate level as well as at the regional level. The paper offers an explanation of a significant part of such bias as being generated by a signaling behavior by successful dynasties and a low degree of social mobility. 2008 artículo científico 0210-1521 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=17332301 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=173 Investigaciones Económicas application/pdf Fundación SEPI Investigaciones Económicas (España) Num.3 Vol.XXXII |
| title | Surnames and social status in Spain |
| topic | Economía y Finanzas Surnames socioeconomic status |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=17332301 |