Book · 2003 · Discrimination in employment

Are Emily and Greg More Employable Than Lakisha and Jamal?

A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination

by Marianne Bertrand, Sendhil Mullainathan · Recommended by 1 person on 1 podcast

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But there's other research which finds that a name may matter, at least on some dimensions. Boys with feminine names, it's been argued, act up more in school. A girl with a masculine name, meanwhile, is more likely to have a successful legal career. And another study by Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Malinathan was called Are Emily and Greg More.
Stephen Dubner · Freakonomics Radio · Jul 2014

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“But there's other research which finds that a name may matter, at least on some dimensions. Boys with feminine names, it's been argued, act up more in school. A girl with a masculine name, meanwhile, is more likely to have a successful legal career. And another study by Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Malinathan was called Are Emily and Greg More”

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