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Increasing Workplace Diversity

Evidence from a Recruiting Experiment at a Fortune 500 Company

Jeffrey A. Flory, Andreas Leibbrandt, Christina Rott and Olga Stoddard
Journal of Human Resources, January 2021, 56 (1) 73-92; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.56.1.0518-9489R1
Jeffrey A. Flory
Associate Professor of Economics at Claremont McKenna College.
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Andreas Leibbrandt
Professor of Economics at Monash University.
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Christina Rott
Assistant Professor of Economics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
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Olga Stoddard
Assistant Professor of Economics at Brigham Young University
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Abstract

While many firms have set ambitious goals to increase diversity in their ranks, there is a dearth of empirical evidence on effective ways to reach them. We use a natural field experiment to test several hypotheses on effective means to attract minority candidates for top professional careers. By randomly varying the content in recruiting materials of a major financial services corporation with more than 10,000 employees, we find that signaling explicit interest in employee diversity more than doubles the interest in openings among racial minority candidates, as well as the likelihood that they apply and are selected. Impacts on gender diversity are less sharp and generally not significant.

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  • D01
  • Received May 2018.
  • Accepted April 2019.
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Jeffrey A. Flory, Andreas Leibbrandt, Christina Rott, Olga Stoddard
Journal of Human Resources Jan 2021, 56 (1) 73-92; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.56.1.0518-9489R1

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Jeffrey A. Flory, Andreas Leibbrandt, Christina Rott, Olga Stoddard
Journal of Human Resources Jan 2021, 56 (1) 73-92; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.56.1.0518-9489R1
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