“Affirmative Action and Racial Integration” - Zachary Bleemer

 

Abstract:

Is long-run social integration and cohesion between racial groups more likely following exposure to racially diverse and/or more academically-matched peers? We study California’s Proposition 209, a 1998 affirmative action ban that decreased Black and Hispanic …

"What Do (Thousands of) Unions Do? Union-Specific Pay Premia and Inequality" - Ellora Derenoncourt

 

Abstract:

We study the role of union heterogeneity in shaping wage inequality among unionized workers. Using linked employer-employee data from Brazil and job moves across multi-firm unions, we estimate over 4,800 union-specific pay…