PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jeffrey A. Flory
AU  - Andreas Leibbrandt
AU  - Christina Rott
AU  - Olga Stoddard
TI  - Increasing Workplace Diversity
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.56.1.0518-9489R1
DP  - 2021 Jan 01
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 73--92
VI  - 56
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/56/1/73.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/56/1/73.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2021 Jan 01; 56
AB  - 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.