Are Affirmative Action Hires Less Qualified
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Are Affirmative Action Hires Less Qualified
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Author : Harry J. Holzer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Are Affirmative Action Hires Less Qualified written by Harry J. Holzer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Affirmative action programs categories.
In this paper we use micro-level data on employers and employees to investigate whether Affirmative Action procedures lead firms to hire minority or female employees who are less qualified than workers who might otherwise be hired. Our measures of qualifications include the educational attainment of the workers hired (both absolutely and relative to job requirements), skill requirements of the job into which they are hired, and a variety of outcome measures that are presumably related to worker performance on the job. The analysis is based on a representative sample of over 3,200 employers in four major metropolitan areas in the U.S. Our results show some evidence of lower educational qualifications among blacks and Hispanics hired under Affirmative Action, but not among white women. Further, our results show little evidence of substantially weaker job performance among most groups of minority and female Affirmative Action hires.
What Does Affirmative Action Do
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Author : Harry J. Holzer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
What Does Affirmative Action Do written by Harry J. Holzer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Affirmative action programs categories.
We use data from a survey of employers to investigate how Affirmative Action in recruiting and hiring influences hiring practices, personnel policies, and ultimately employment outcomes. Our results show that Affirmative Action increases the number of recruitment and screening practices used by employers, raises their willingness to hire stigmatized applicants, increases the number of minority or female applicants as well as employees, and increases employers' tendencies to provide training and to formally evaluate employees. When Affirmative Action is used in recruiting, it does not lead to lower credentials or performance of women and minorities hired. When it is also used in hiring, it yields female and minority employees whose credentials are somewhat weaker, though performance generally is not. Over than, the more intensive search, evaluation, and training that accompany Affirmative Action appear to offset any tendencies of the policy to lead to hiring of less-qualified or less-productive women and minorities
Affirmative Action At Work
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Author : Bron Raymond Taylor
language : en
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
Release Date : 2010-11-23
Affirmative Action At Work written by Bron Raymond Taylor and has been published by University of Pittsburgh Pre this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-23 with Law categories.
Bron Taylor unites theoretical and applied social science to analyze a salient contemporary moral and political problem. Three decades after the passage of civil rights laws, criteria for hiring and promotion to redress past discrimination and the sensitive "quota" question are still unresolved issues. Taylor reviews the works of prominent social scientists and philosophers on the moral and legal principles underlying affirmative action, and examines them in light of his own empirical study. Using participant observation, in-depth interviewing, and a detailed questionnaire, he examines the attitudes of four groups in the California Department of Parks and Recreation: male and female, white and nonwhite workers. Because the department has implemented a strong program for ten years, its employees have had firsthand experience with affirmative action. Their views about the rights of minorities in the economy are often surprising. This work presents a comprehensive picture of the cross-pressures-the racial fears and antagonisms, the moral, ethical, and religious views about fairness and opportunity, the rigid ideas-that guide popular attitudes.
Discussion Papers
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Author : Harry J. Holzer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Discussion Papers written by Harry J. Holzer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Affirmative action programs categories.
Equal Employment Opportunity And Affirmative Action
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Author : Harry J. Holzer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Equal Employment Opportunity And Affirmative Action written by Harry J. Holzer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with categories.
This essay presents an overview of EEO laws designed to outlaw employment discrimination, as well as Affirmative Action efforts to actively raise the status of minorities and women in employment, university admissions, and government procurement. We review the laws, court decisions, and practices, as well as the empirical evidence on their effects. The evidence is most consistent with the conclusion that EEO laws have contributed to the improvement in relative economic status of blacks that occurred during the mid-1960's. On the other hand, it is also clear that discrimination persists in some parts of the labor market, and contributes to persistent wage/employment gaps between white males and other groups. Turning to Affirmative Action, the evidence clearly shows that these programs tend to redistribute employment, university admissions, and government procurement away from white males towards minorities and females, as expected. On the more controversial issue of whether the beneficiaries of Affirmative Action are less qualified than white males, our review of the evidence paints a more complex picture. There is virtually no evidence that the qualifications or performance of females lags behind that of males within any racial group. In contrast, the credentials of minorities often lag behind those of their white counterparts - in part because they lag behind in the population, and in part because of the preferential admission and hiring policies generated by Affirmative Action. But evidence of weaker performance in the labor market on the part of minorities who benefit from Affirmative Action is much more limited. While the classroom performance of minorities in colleges and universities lags behind that of whites, and their noncompletion rates are substantially higher, minority students still seem to benefit overall from their higher rates of admission to better schools after they leave. Finally, there is some evidence of weaker performance of minority-led companies that receive government procurement contracts, but also evidence that these difficulties can be avoided with the proper credentialing and technical assistance.
Are Affirmative Action Hires Less Qualifies
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Author : Harry Holzer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Are Affirmative Action Hires Less Qualifies written by Harry Holzer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with categories.
Economic Perspectives On Affirmative Action
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Author : Mary Virginia Lee Badgett
language : en
Publisher: University Press of America
Release Date : 1995
Economic Perspectives On Affirmative Action written by Mary Virginia Lee Badgett and has been published by University Press of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Business & Economics categories.
The three scholarly articles that make up this book examine affirmative action in economic terms, measuring and discussing the economic cost of racial discrimination in employment and the economic cost of equal opportunity enacted to combat discrimination and its effects. The short article by Andrew Brimmer, an economist who was the first black governor of the Federal Reserve Board, calculates the financial cost to the nation of racial discrimination in employment, education, and training. Cecilia Conrad's article surveys an array of experts and concludes that the direct financial costs to government and private industry of maintaining affirmative action policies is quite small; she also concludes that the popular perception of a productivity loss caused by affirmative action has little basis in demonstrable fact. Finally, Lee Badgett and Heidi Hartmann examine the many studies that have been done to assess the effectiveness of affirmative action policies in increasing employment and wage opportunities for both women and African Americans; they conclude that such policies have had measurable effects, though they have often been slight.
Affirmative Action
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Author : S. N. Colamery
language : en
Publisher: Nova Publishers
Release Date : 1998
Affirmative Action written by S. N. Colamery and has been published by Nova Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Business & Economics categories.
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Affirmative Action And The Meanings Of Merit
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Author : Bruce P Lapenson
language : en
Publisher: University Press of America
Release Date : 2009-03-16
Affirmative Action And The Meanings Of Merit written by Bruce P Lapenson and has been published by University Press of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-16 with Social Science categories.
The public defenses of affirmative action have not convinced the majority of Americans that the policy is necessary and just. The notion that merit and qualifications for academic places and jobs can be judged solely by test scores and grades is seriously called into question by the numerous studies analyzed in Affirmative Action and the Meanings of Merit. These studies show that many affirmative action beneficiaries have succeeded in higher education and various occupations despite not having the required test scores or GPA, therefore exposing reified concepts of merit as intellectually murky. Public defenders of affirmative action must point to these realities to convince more Americans that such policies are ethical and contribute to the goal of a diverse and fair-minded society.
Affirmative Action And The Meanings Of Merit
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Author : Bruce P. Lapenson
language : en
Publisher: University Press of America
Release Date : 2009
Affirmative Action And The Meanings Of Merit written by Bruce P. Lapenson and has been published by University Press of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Business & Economics categories.
The public defenses of affirmative action have not convinced majorities of Americans that the policy is necessary and just. The notion that merit and qualifications for academic places and jobs can be judged solely by test scores and grades is seriously called into question by the numerous studies analyzed in Affirmative Action and the Meanings of Merit. These studies show that many affirmative action beneficiaries have succeeded in higher education and various occupations despite not having the required test scores or GPA, therefore exposing reified concepts of merit as intellectually murky. Public defenders of affirmative action must point to these realities to convince more Americans that such policites are ethical and contribute to the goal of a diverse and fair-minded society. Book jacket.