Determining the Impact of Federal Antidiscrimination Policy on the Economic Status of Blacks: A Study of South Carolina
利用南卡罗来纳州按种族和性别划分的工资与就业数据，评估联邦反歧视政策对1960年代中期黑人制造业经济地位显著改善的贡献，发现人力资本、供给转移和劳动力市场紧张等解释均不成立，而联邦反歧视项目发挥了重要作用。
This paper assesses the contribution of federal antidiscrimination policy to the dramatic improvement of black economic status in manufacturing that occurred in South Carolina in the mid 1960's. Using a unique data source on wages and employment by race and sex in South Carolina we evaluate competing explanations. Human capital stories, supply shift stories and tight labor market stories do not account for the black breakthrough. Our study documents a significant contribution of federal antidiscrimination programs.