The Labor Market Implications of an Economy-Wide Affirmative Action Program,

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the potential impact on the distribution of labor income of a policy that requires that, in each firm in the economy, minority workers (1) receive the same wage as majority workers given the same job classifications and (2) are employed in the same proportion as majority workers in all job classifications. This Affirmative Action Program (AAP) obviously exceeds the scope of current policies in this regard, for O.F.C.C. activities only apply to firms that do business with the federal government. This analysis is thus directed to the question of the maximum potential impact of affirmative action policies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA037914

Entities

People

  • Finis Welch
  • George E. Johnson

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Classification
  • Coefficients
  • Corporations
  • Discrimination
  • Education
  • Elastic Properties
  • Employment
  • Labor
  • Labor Markets
  • Minority Groups
  • Motivation
  • Production
  • South Africa
  • Students
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Economics

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