TY - JOUR
T1 - Manager race and the race of new hires
AU - Giuliano, Laura
AU - Levine, David I.
AU - Leonard, Jonathan
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2009/10
Y1 - 2009/10
N2 - Using personnel data from a large U.S. retail firm, we examine whether the race or ethnicity of the hiring manager affects the racial composition of new hires. We exploit manager turnover to estimate models with store fixed effects and store-specific trends. First, we find that all nonblack managers-that is, whites, Hispanics, and Asians-hire more whites and fewer blacks than do black managers. This is especially true in the South. Second, in locations with large Hispanic populations, Hispanic managers hire more Hispanics and fewer whites than do white managers. We also examine possible explanations for these differential hiring patterns.
AB - Using personnel data from a large U.S. retail firm, we examine whether the race or ethnicity of the hiring manager affects the racial composition of new hires. We exploit manager turnover to estimate models with store fixed effects and store-specific trends. First, we find that all nonblack managers-that is, whites, Hispanics, and Asians-hire more whites and fewer blacks than do black managers. This is especially true in the South. Second, in locations with large Hispanic populations, Hispanic managers hire more Hispanics and fewer whites than do white managers. We also examine possible explanations for these differential hiring patterns.
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U2 - 10.1086/605946
DO - 10.1086/605946
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:73449129002
VL - 27
SP - 589
EP - 631
JO - Journal of Labor Economics
JF - Journal of Labor Economics
SN - 0734-306X
IS - 4
ER -