Collado, M. Dolores; Ortín, Ignacio Ortuño; Romeu, Andrés - In: Investigaciones Economicas 32 (2008) 3, pp. 259-287
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...