Disenfranchisement and Economic Inequality: Downstream Effects of Shelby County v. Holder

Abhay P. Aneja and Carlos F. Avenancio-León

AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2019, vol. 109, 161-65

Abstract: The 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA) is considered by many to be the most effective civil rights law ever passed. In 2013, the Supreme Court struck down important provisions from the VRA in Shelby County v. Holder. This paper first discusses how the potential weakening of minority political power brought about by Shelby County may have made the government less responsive to minorities' policy demands. Then we proceed to show that the lack of minority power is already producing economic inequality that is reflected in public-sector wages and in private-sector occupations with a high number of public workers.

JEL-codes: D63 D72 J15 J31 J45 K16 K38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
Note: DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20191085
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