Journal article
Do Black Lives Matter to employers? A combined field and natural experiment of racially disparate hiring practices in the wake of protests against police violence and racial oppression
- Abstract:
- This study uses an experimental audit design, implemented both before and during the heightened unrest following the murder of George Floyd, to gauge the impact of Black Lives Matter and associated protests against police brutality and anti-Black racism on racially disparate hiring practices. We contrast treatment of fictitious Black and White job applicants in the labor market for service-related job openings, specifically applicants with prior experience as a police officer, firefighter, or code enforcement officer. Results reveal that the White advantage in employer call-backs and requests for an interview receded during the protests and unrest following the killing of George Floyd, even to the point of producing a Black advantage.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0267889
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- Publisher:
- Public Library of Science
- Journal:
- PLoS One More from this journal
- Volume:
- 17
- Issue:
- 5
- Article number:
- e0267889
- Publication date:
- 2022-05-25
- Acceptance date:
- 2022-04-07
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1932-6203
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English
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1251262
- Local pid:
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pubs:1251262
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2022-04-19
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- Copyright holder:
- Kirk and Rovira
- Copyright date:
- 2022
- Rights statement:
- ©2022 Kirk, Rovira. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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