Implementation and removal of an affirmative-action quota: The impact on task assignment and workers' skill acquisition

Nicholas Feltovich; Lata Gangadharan; Michael P Kidd

doi:10.3138/CPP.39.Supplement1.S123

Implementation and removal of an affirmative-action quota: The impact on task assignment and workers' skill acquisition

Nicholas Feltovich, Lata Gangadharan, Michael P Kidd

Department of Economics

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Abstract

Both the United States and Canada have federal legislation that attempts to address employment inequities across specific target groups. The US has a long tradition of affirmative action, dating back to President Kennedy s 1961 Executive Order; Canada enacted its Employment Equity Act in 1986. Employment Equity/Affirmative Action policy has attracted significant controversy, with high profile court cases and the repeal of state/provincial legislation. Coate and Loury (1993) examine the theoretical impact of introducing affirmative action. Unfortunately the theoretical impact of affirmative action is ambiguous. The current paper employs a laboratory experiment to shed empirical light on this theoretical ambiguity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	123 - 140
Number of pages	18
Journal	Canadian Public Policy/ Analyse de Politiques
Volume	39
Issue number	Supplement 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3138/CPP.39.Supplement1.S123
Publication status	Published - 2013

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