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The determinants of women employment in the police department

The determinants of women employment in the police department. Taehyun Kwon Econ 539. Main literature. “Affirmative Action, Political Representation, Unions, and Female Police Employment.” Tim R.Sass and Jennifer L.Troyer, 1999 Journal of Labor Research 20(4), 571-587.

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The determinants of women employment in the police department

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  1. The determinants of women employment in the police department Taehyun Kwon Econ 539

  2. Main literature • “Affirmative Action, Political Representation, Unions, and Female Police Employment.” • Tim R.Sass and Jennifer L.Troyer, 1999 • Journal of Labor Research 20(4), 571-587.

  3. Individual choice versus market discrimination • Neo-classical human capital theory - more part time - less work hour • Theory of labor market discrimination - employer, co-workers, customers

  4. Data • The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's EEO-4 survey • the LMW Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) survey • The Police Personnel Practices survey performed by the International City/County Management Association (ICMA)

  5. Empirical Model • f = f (L, Ir, V, Im, U, A, C) • L: Labor force participation rate of adult women in a community • Ir: Gender of city councilors or the mayor • V: Voter preferences • Im: Level of satisfaction of the city manager • U: Existence of a police union • A: existence of one or more previous court-decided EEO lawsuits • C: nonpecuniary characteristics of the job of police officer

  6. Table (1)Tobit estimates of percent female new-hire police employment

  7. Table (2) Tobit estimates of Change in percent female new-hire police employment

  8. Other related literatures • Vivian Price, 2002, “Race, Affirmative Action, and Women’s Employment in US Highway Construction.” Feminist Economics 8(2), 87-113. • Kevin M. O’Brien, 2003, “The determinants of minority employment in police and fire departments.”, The Journal of Socio-Economics 32, 183-195.

  9. Result • Anti-discrimination litigation - positive(+) • Existence of Female Councilors or mayors - didn’t significantly affect - O’Brien : support • The proportion of male officers - negative(-) • Labor union - Ambiguous(∆)

  10. analysis • Female councilors or mayor - doesn’t affect - Black mayor + EEO complaints(O’Brien) - EEO complaints = Judicial, advocate, community pressure(?) • Labor union - mid 1980, early 1990 - negative → positive - further research

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