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Determining the Impact of Federal Antidiscrimination Policy on the Economic Status of Blacks: A Study of South Carolina

Year: 1989

Type: report

Abstract: This paper assesses the contribution of federal antidiscrimination policy to the dramatic improvement of black economic status in manufacturing that occurred in South Carolina in the mid 1960's.Using a unique data source on wages and employment by race and sex in South Carolina we evaluate competing explanations.Human capital stories, supply shift stories and tight labor market stories do not account for the black breakthrough.Our study documents a significant contribution of federal antidiscrimination programs.

Source: National Bureau of Economic Research

DOI: 10.3386/w2854

Authors: James Heckman, Brook Payner

Institution: Yale University

Language: English

Topic: Labor market dynamics and wage inequality

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2175199488

Cites: 12

Cited by: 252

Related to: 10