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For law and markets: Employment discrimination lawsuits, market performance, and managerial diversity
Hirsh, E., & Cha, Y. (2018). For law and markets: Employment discrimination lawsuits, market performance, and managerial diversity. American Journal of Sociology, 123(4), 1117-1160. https://doi.org/10.1086/694887 [Lawsuit resolutions]

  • Topic Area: Employer Compliance

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Other Disparities or Discrimination in Employment and Earnings Preventing discrimination

2137
Has religious discrimination been eradicated from the work environment or has it merely taken on another form?
Cates, S.V., (2021). Has religious discrimination been eradicated from the work environment or has it merely taken on another form? Journal of Business Diversity, 21(2), 47-59. https://doi.org/10.33423/jbd.v21i2.4318

  • Topic Area: Employer Compliance

Study Type: Descriptive Analysis

Outcome Effectiveness:

Other Disparities or Discrimination in Employment and Earnings Civil Rights Act of 1964

539

A cure for discrimination? Affirmative action and the case of California’s Proposition 209.

Myers, C. (2007). A cure for discrimination? Affirmative action and the case of California’s Proposition 209. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 60(3), 379-396.

  • Topic Area: Employer Compliance

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Affirmative action

628

Accelerating change for women faculty of color in STEM: Policy, action, and collaboration

Institute for Women’s Policy Research. (2013). Accelerating change for women faculty of color in STEM: Policy, action, and collaboration. Washington, DC: Institute for Women’s Policy Research.

  • Topic Area: Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM)

Study Type: Descriptive Analysis

Outcome Effectiveness:

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) programs Other disparities or discrimination in employment and earnings

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Accounting for the gap: A firm study manipulating organizational accountability and transparency in pay decisions
Castilla, E. J. (2015). Accounting for the gap: A firm study manipulating organizational accountability and transparency in pay decisions. Organization Science, 26(2), 311–333. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1287/orsc.2014.0950

  • Topic Area: Employer Compliance

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Other Disparities or Discrimination in Employment and Earnings Preventing discrimination

499

Affirmative action and the occupational advancement of minorities and women during 1973-2003

Kurtulus, F. (2012). Affirmative action and the occupational advancement of minorities and women during 1973-2003. Industrial Relations, 52(2), 213-246.

  • Topic Area: Employer Compliance

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Moderate Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Affirmative action Executive Order 11246 (E.O. 11246) Civil Rights Act of 1964

436

Affirmative action bans and minority employment: Washington State’s Initiative 200

Colello, A. (2011). Affirmative action bans and minority employment: Washington State’s Initiative 200. Washington, DC: Georgetown University.

  • Topic Area: Employer Compliance

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Affirmative action

428

Alleviating women’s mathematics stereotype threat through salience of group achievements

McIntyre, R., Paulson, R., & Lord, C. (2003). Alleviating women’s mathematics stereotype threat through salience of group achievements. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 39, 83-90.

  • Topic Area: Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM)

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Preventing discrimination Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) programs Youth programs

535

An analysis of the impact of affirmative action programs on self-employment in the construction industry.

Blanchflower, D.G., & Wainwright, J. (2005). An analysis of the impact of affirmative action programs on self-employment in the construction industry. Working paper no. 11793. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.

  • Topic Area: Employer Compliance

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Affirmative action

613

Antidiscrimination measures of the 1960s and occupational mobility: Evidence for black American men

Fosu, A. (2000). Antidiscrimination measures of the 1960s and occupational mobility: Evidence for black American men. Journal of Labor Research, 21(1), 169-180.

  • Topic Area: Employer Compliance

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Civil Rights Act of 1964