Arbeitspapier
The impact of city contracting set-asides on black self-employment and employment
In the 1980s, many U.S. cities initiated programs reserving a proportion of government contracts for minority-owned businesses. The staggered introduction of these set-aside programs is used to estimate their impacts on the self-employment and employment rates of African-American men. Black business ownership rates increased significantly after program initiation, with the black-white gap falling three percentage points. The evidence that the racial gap in employment also fell is less clear as it is depends on assumptions about the continuation of pre-existing trends. The black gains were concentrated in industries heavily affected by set-asides and mostly benefited the better educated.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Working Paper ; No. 708
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
- Thema
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Gemeinde
Öffentlicher Auftrag
Schwarze
Ethnische Gruppe
Selbstständige
Beschäftigungseffekt
Schätzung
USA
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Chatterji, Aaron K.
Chay, Kenneth Y.
Fairlie, Robert W.
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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University of California, Economics Department
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Santa Cruz, CA
- (wann)
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2013
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Chatterji, Aaron K.
- Chay, Kenneth Y.
- Fairlie, Robert W.
- University of California, Economics Department
Entstanden
- 2013