Promotion signaling, discrimination, and positive discrimination policies.

This article studies discrimination in a model in which promotions are used as signals of worker ability. The model can account for statistical and taste‐based discrimination. In the short run, a positive discrimination policy is beneficial for workers in the middle of the ability distribution, beca...

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Published in:	RAND Journal of Economics (Wiley-Blackwell) Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 1004 - 1028
Main Authors:	Gürtler, Marc, Gürtler, Oliver
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Winter2019
Subjects:	Employee promotions Employees Gender Ability
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost