Affirmative action retrenchment in public procurement and contracting

Rodrigo Lovaton Davila; Inhyuck Steve Ha; Samuel L. Myers

doi:10.1080/13504851.2012.654906

Affirmative action retrenchment in public procurement and contracting

Rodrigo Lovaton Davila, Inhyuck Steve Ha, Samuel L. Myers

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Abstract

This article provides estimates of the impacts of a race-neutral programme called an Emerging Small Business Enterprise (ESBE) Programme in New Jersey in 2003-2004 on women- and minority-owned contractors. We show that although women- and minority-owned firms conceptually benefit from ESBE set-asides, they do not benefit as much as non-Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs), resulting in a reduced share of total contract dollars awarded to DBEs.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1857-1860
Number of pages	4
Journal	Applied Economics Letters
Volume	19
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2012.654906
State	Published - Dec 2012

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affirmative action
minorities
procurement
retrenchment

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