Summary Of Levitt's Freakonomics
“Freakonomics”
Would a Roshanda by any Other Name Small as Sweet Mason Noble
POLS 101
Mr. Sims
Summary: Chapter 6 of this book talks about whether or not the name that a parent give their child matters. Levitt provides an example about a New York City man who was named Robert Lane, he named his first son Winner and then named his next son Loser. Despite what his name suggests, Loser Lane succeeded in life, moving up in the NYPD. Winner Lane however, has been arrested nearly thirty six times. He tells a story of a woman who named her daughter Temptress, meaning to name her Tempest, the girl went on to do things like inviting men over while her mother was at work. Levitt then asks the question, does the name given to a child affect his life? …show more content…
In a non legit study identical resumes were sent to employers with exactly the same information but different names, and the white resumes always garnered more attention. (Levitt, 2007) The data from California revealed that people with black names normally have a worse life than a person with a white name, but only because they are usually born into very different households. Those with black names typically come from poor, uneducated,house holds, and this is why they tend to stay in the cycle as they grow up themselves. The next section of the chapter asks where names come from. The California data answers these questions well. When sorting baby names by economic status, there is a difference between middle-income, low-income, and high-income parents. The same being true of educated and uneducated parents. Typically, names that are spelled incorrectly also signify a low-education parent. More naming data also reveals a turnover of naming popularity. Within twenty years, nearly every name on the top name lists provided changes. The data also reveals a pattern, names catch on among high-income, highly educated parents first, and then start working their way down the socioeconomic ladder. Levitt hypothesized that parents, whether they realize it or not, like the sound of names that sound “successful.”(Levitt, 2007) He
Would a Roshanda by any Other Name Small as Sweet Mason Noble
POLS 101
Mr. Sims
Summary: Chapter 6 of this book talks about whether or not the name that a parent give their child matters. Levitt provides an example about a New York City man who was named Robert Lane, he named his first son Winner and then named his next son Loser. Despite what his name suggests, Loser Lane succeeded in life, moving up in the NYPD. Winner Lane however, has been arrested nearly thirty six times. He tells a story of a woman who named her daughter Temptress, meaning to name her Tempest, the girl went on to do things like inviting men over while her mother was at work. Levitt then asks the question, does the name given to a child affect his life? …show more content…
In a non legit study identical resumes were sent to employers with exactly the same information but different names, and the white resumes always garnered more attention. (Levitt, 2007) The data from California revealed that people with black names normally have a worse life than a person with a white name, but only because they are usually born into very different households. Those with black names typically come from poor, uneducated,house holds, and this is why they tend to stay in the cycle as they grow up themselves. The next section of the chapter asks where names come from. The California data answers these questions well. When sorting baby names by economic status, there is a difference between middle-income, low-income, and high-income parents. The same being true of educated and uneducated parents. Typically, names that are spelled incorrectly also signify a low-education parent. More naming data also reveals a turnover of naming popularity. Within twenty years, nearly every name on the top name lists provided changes. The data also reveals a pattern, names catch on among high-income, highly educated parents first, and then start working their way down the socioeconomic ladder. Levitt hypothesized that parents, whether they realize it or not, like the sound of names that sound “successful.”(Levitt, 2007) He