This paper studies how economic incentives influence cultural transmission, using a crucial expression of cultural identity: Child naming decisions. Our focus is on Arabic versus Non-Arabic names given in France over the 2003-2007 period. Our model of cultural transmission features three...

From the United States’ foundations, colonialism’s oppressive policies have been the legitimating factors of the nation’s authority. “The history of colonialism in North America, the expropriation of Indian lands and resources, parallels the history of U.S.-Indian relations in...