Does Politics Matter? A Time-Series Analysis of Minority Employment Patterns

Bibliographic Data

ID6231797
AuthorsBrinck Kerr, Kenneth R Mladenka
Year1994
Volume38
Issue4
Pages918
Publication date1994-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0092-5853 • E-ISSN: 1540-5907
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2111727
OpenAlexW2323421821
LanguageEN
Citations received33
References cited11

Public sector jobs represent a major source of political and economic progress for racial minorities. However, wide variation exists across United States cities with respect to how effectively minorities have been able to lay claim to an equitable share of these jobs. Past research suggests that the election of a minority mayor plays a major role in successful employment strategies. Previous studies, however, have been limited by reliance on cross-sectional research designs. Employing a pooled time series design in a large number of cities, we find that black mayors have very little impact on black job success. We also find that Hispanic mayors have no effect on Hispanic job success. Instead, favorable minority employment outcomes are determined by an interaction among minority representatives on city councils and minority administrators in key decision-making positions. This political-bureaucratic explanation suggests that a major reassessment of the determinants of minority employment progress is in order

Bureaucracy · Demographic economics · Economics · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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