Monday, July 7, 2008

"How Much Does It Cost You in Wages if You 'Sound Black?'"

Steven Levitt has the answer over at the NYT's Freakonomics blog.

On a related note, I've always felt that parents who give children stereotypical names that allow their child to be type-cast do a great disservice, and that's true whether the name happens to be "Shamiqua" or "Jethro."

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