The Persistent Effect of Temporary Affirmative Action

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Miller, Conrad
• 署名单位: University of California System; University of California Berkeley
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-APPLIED ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7782
• DOI: 10.1257/app.20160121
• 发表日期: 2017
• 页码: 152-190
• 关键词: labor-markets; EMPLOYMENT; DISCRIMINATION; IMPACT; establishments; diversity; earnings; skills; women; black

摘要

I estimate the dynamic effects of federal affirmative action regulation, exploiting variation in the timing of regulation and deregulation across work establishments. Affirmative action increases the black share of employees over time: in 5 years after an establishment is first regulated, the black share of employees increases by an average of 0.8 percentage points. Strikingly, the black share continues to grow at a similar pace even after an establishment is deregulated. I argue that this persistence is driven in part by affirmative action inducing employers to improve their methods for screening potential hires.