Affirmative action retrenchment in public procurement and contracting

Rodrigo Lovaton Davila, Inhyuck “Steve” Ha and Samuel L. Myers

Applied Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 19, issue 18, 1857-1860

Abstract: This article provides estimates of the impacts of a race-neutral programme called an Emerging Small Business Enterprise (ESBE) Programme in New Jersey in 2003--2004 on women- and minority-owned contractors. We show that although women- and minority-owned firms conceptually benefit from ESBE set-asides, they do not benefit as much as non-Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs), resulting in a reduced share of total contract dollars awarded to DBEs.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2012.654906

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