Arbeitspapier

Affirmative Action and Intersectionality at the Top: Evidence from South Africa

Gender-based board quotas do not always lead to higher share of women in top management positions. We study the consequences of an affirmative action policy that stipulates gender- and race-based targets in top management positions, beyond boards. We focus on the representation of intersectional group identities, such as race and gender, at the top. We find sizable increase in the likelihood of Black women employment in top positions in the post-policy period relative to Black men, White women and White men in South Africa. We extend our analysis and estimate policy spillovers for years of schooling, earnings gaps and self-employment.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: GLO Discussion Paper ; No. 467

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Public Goods
Demographic Economics: Public Policy
Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
Labor Discrimination
Labor Law
Thema
affirmative action
top
employment
race
gender
South Africa

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Klasen, Stephan
Minasyan, Anna
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Global Labor Organization (GLO)
(wo)
Essen
(wann)
2020

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Klasen, Stephan
  • Minasyan, Anna
  • Global Labor Organization (GLO)

Entstanden

  • 2020

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