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Determining the Impact of Federal Antidiscrimination Policy on the Economic Status of Blacks: A Study of South Carolina / James J. Heckman, Brook S. Payner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heckman, James J.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w2854.
- NBER working paper series no. w2854
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic surveys.
- Industrial surveys.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- Determining the Impact of Federal Antidiscrimination Policy on the Economic Status of Blacks
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1989.
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1989.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- February 1989.
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