Table 5

Effects of Own-Race Bias for Hiring Managers vs. New Managers

QuitsDismissalsPromotions
Hazard Ratioχ2
(Pr > χ2)
Hazard Ratioχ2
(Pr > χ2)
Hazard Ratioχ2
(Pr > χ2)
White employee *white manager*hiring manager0.957
(0.030)
3.420.997
(0.073)
4.15*0.803
(0.158)
0.00
White employee*white manager*new manager0.858**
(0.049)
(0.064)1.319*
(0.178)
(0.042)0.801
(0.168)
(0.986)
Black employee*black manager*hiring manager1.013
(0.048)
0.200.784*
(0.075)
2.161.734
(0.563)
0.04
Black employee*black manager*new manager1.057
(0.096)
(0.653)0.988
(0.152)
(0.141)1.892
(0.736)
(0.840)
Hispanic employee*Hispanic manager*hiring manager0.935
(0.044)
0.420.857
(0.095)
0.141.222
(0.433)
0.61
Hispanic employee*Hispanic manager*new manager0.955
(0.051)
(0.517)0.791
(0.155)
(0.706)1.644
(0.552)
(0.436)
Asian employee*Asian manager*hiring manager0.946
(0.076)
2.450.817
(0.147)
0.000.756
(0.805)
0.10
Asian employee*Asian manager*new manager0.890
(0.076)
(0.118)0.836
(0.337)
(0.956)1.116
(0.786)
(0.748)
  • Note: Hazard ratios from Cox proportional hazard models with control variables as in Table 3, plus all interactions of manager race and employee race indicators with an indicator that the manager is new. Robust standard errors in parentheses, adjusted for clustering on employee.

  • Significant at 10 percent;

  • * significant at 5 percent;

  • ** significant at 1 percent (based on test that the hazard ratio is different from one). Second column for each set of results reports Wald test of equality for each pair of hazard ratios.