Discrimination and the Effects of Drug Testing on Black Employment
In: NBER Working Paper No. w20095
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In: NBER Working Paper No. w20095
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Nearly half of U.S. employers test job applicants and workers for drugs. I use variation in the timing and nature of drug testing regulation to study discrimination against blacks related to perceived drug use. Black employment in the testing sector is suppressed in the absence of testing, consistent with ex ante discrimination on the basis of drug use perceptions. Adoption of pro-testing legislation increases black employment in the testing sector by 7-30 percent and relative wages by 1.4-13.0 percent, with the largest shifts among low skilled black men. Results suggest that employers substitute white women for blacks in the absence of testing.
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Nearly half of U.S. employers test job applicants and workers for drugs. I use variation in the timing and nature of drug testing regulation to study discrimination against blacks related to perceived drug use. Black employment in the testing sector is suppressed in the absence of testing, consistent with ex ante discrimination on the basis of drug use perceptions. Adoption of pro-testing legislation increases black employment in the testing sector by 7-30% and relative wages by 1.4-13.0%, with the largest shifts among low skilled black men. Results suggest that employers substitute white women for blacks in the absence of testing.
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In: The American journal of economics and sociology, Band 70, Heft 3, S. 811-844
ISSN: 1536-7150
In: The journal of human resources, Band 45, Heft 4, S. 944-970
ISSN: 1548-8004
In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 1954
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In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 6605
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In: NBER Working Paper No. w24300
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In: The journal of human resources, Band 47, Heft 4, S. 913-950
ISSN: 1548-8004
In: NBER Working Paper No. w16463
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In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 11308
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In: The journal of human resources, Band 58, Heft 3, S. 713-754
ISSN: 1548-8004
In: Journal of labor economics: JOLE, Band 29, Heft 4, S. 697-739
ISSN: 1537-5307