Implementation and removal of an affirmative-action quota: The impact on task assignment and workers' skill acquisition
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Both the United States and Canada have federal legislation that attempts to address employment inequities across specific target groups. The US has a long tradition of affirmative action, dating back to President Kennedy’s 1961 Executive Order; Canada enacted its Employment Equity Act in 1986. Employment Equity/Affirmative Action policy has attracted significant controversy, with high profile court cases and the repeal of state/provincial legislation. Coate and Loury (1993) examine the theoretical impact of introducing affirmative action. Unfortunately the theoretical impact of affirmative action is ambiguous. The current paper employs a laboratory experiment to shed empirical light on this theoretical ambiguity.
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| ID Code: | 219906 |
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| Item Type: | Contribution to Journal (Journal Article) |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Measurements or Duration: | 8 pages |
| Keywords: | affirmative action, experiment, positive discrimination, signaling, statistical discrimination |
| DOI: | 10.3138/CPP.39.Supplement1.S123 |
| ISSN: | 0317-0861 |
| Pure ID: | 32552039 |
| Divisions: | Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > QUT Business School Current > Schools > School of Economics & Finance |
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| Deposited On: | 06 Nov 2021 11:42 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Mar 2024 20:03 |
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