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The Impact of Federal Civil Rights Policy on Black Economic Progress: Evidence From the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972

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  • Kenneth Y. Chay

    (University of California, Berkeley)

Abstract

The Equal Employment Opportunity Act (EEOA) of 1972 extended civil rights coverage to employers with l5-24 employees, while leaving unaffected the civil rights protection for employees of larger finns. In conjunction with already existing state fair employment practice (FEP) laws, the EEOA provides a "natural experiment" in which the treatment and control groups are defined by differences across industries in the fraction of workers employed in the newly-covered establishments and across states in the scope of the PEP laws. Using data from the Current Population Surveys, the treatment and control group methodology is used to evaluate the impact of civil rights policy. This analysis shows that there were large shifts in the employment and pay practices of the industries most affected by the amendment. The timing of the relative gains and their concentration by industry and region provide evidence that the EEOA had a positive impact on the labor market status of African-Americans.

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  • Kenneth Y. Chay, 1995. "The Impact of Federal Civil Rights Policy on Black Economic Progress: Evidence From the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972," Working Papers 725, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section..
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    Cited by:

    1. Nayoung Rim, 2021. "The Effect of Title IX on Gender Disparity in Graduate Education," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 40(2), pages 521-552, March.
    2. Kenneth Y. Chay, 1998. "The Impact of Federal Civil Rights Policy on Black Economic Progress: Evidence from the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 51(4), pages 608-632, July.
    3. Michael A. Stoll & Steven Raphael & Harry J. Holzer, 2004. "Black Job Applicants and the Hiring Officer's Race," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 57(2), pages 267-287, January.

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    Keywords

    1972 Equal Employment Opportunity Act; discrimination; civil rights; policy evaluation; natural experiment;
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    JEL classification:

    • B20 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - General
    • B21 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Microeconomics
    • B22 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Macroeconomics

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