Affirmative Action and Its Persistent Effects: A New Perspective. (May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Miller, Conrad
• Is Part Of: California management review. Volume 61:Number 3(2019)
• Page Start: 19
• Page End: 33
• Publication Date: 2019-05
• Subjects: affirmative action -- discrimination -- hiring and recruitment -- labor markets -- labor laws and policies; Industrial management -- Periodicals; Industrial management; Management; Bedrijfseconomie; Periodicals; 658.005
• DOI: 10.1177/0008125619849443
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0008-1256

Abstract

This article examines how firms respond to federal affirmative action regulation when it is temporary. As intended, affirmative action increases a firm's black share of employees. Strikingly, the black share continues to grow at a similar pace even after a firm is deregulated. This persistence is driven in part by affirmative action inducing employers to improve their methods for screening potential hires.