Table 6

Own-Race Managers vs. Own-Race Coworkers

 QuitsDismissalsPromotions
White * Percent white coworkers0.746**
(0.029)
1.015
(0.113)
1.124
(0.255)
Black * Percent black coworkers0.899
(0.055)
0.974
(0.140)
1.162
(0.516)
Hispanic * Percent Hispanic coworkers0.971
(0.073)
0.937
(0.169)
0.443
(0.191)
Asian * Percent Asian coworkers0.727**
(0.089)
0.755
(0.251)
0.970
(0.746)
Employee white, manager white0.964
(0.028)
1.045
(0.075)
0.675
(0.137)
Employee black, manager black1.026
(0.044)
0.815*
(0.075)
2.165**
(0.631)
Employee Hispanic, manager Hispanic0.945
(0.043)
0.852
(0.089)
1.576
(0.478)
Employee Asian, manager Asian0.983
(0.076)
0.857
(0.152)
1.052
(0.677)
  • Note: Hazard ratios from Cox proportional hazard models with control variables as noted in Table 3.

  • Robust standard errors in parentheses, adjusted for clustering on employee.

  • Significant at 10 percent;

  • * significant at 5 percent;

  • ** significant at 1 percent.