Re:Are gender quotas good for business?
by AnIdiot on Monday September 03, 2018 @07:56AM
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> Which is a noble sentiment but simply doesn't happen in the business world (or in many other places).
On the contrary, all the evidence I've seen points to discrimination being a very small part of the gender pay gap.
The problem is that men and women are different.[1] So it becomes very difficult to even measure if women are being discriminated against much or are just different to men.
[1] https://academic.oup.com/oep/advance-article/doi/10.1093/oep...
Re:Are gender quotas good for business?
by lemagedurage on Monday September 03, 2018 @07:23AM
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Then a minority-only company should be both cheaper and more productive, by supply and demand.
Re:Are gender quotas good for business?
by tdb7893 on Monday September 03, 2018 @07:36AM
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I think there are three potential issues with this, firstly, minorities are being discriminated against and paid less in the scenario so it wouldn't be desirable on that metric. Secondly competition in many markets isn't robust enough to have an even playing field if you wanted to start a new company with all "minorities". Third, if the company was all "minorities" you would be drastically reducing the hiring pool so even with good competition it would be hard to hire well (which could wipe out any minor efficiency gains).
Some have tried blind interviews but these are very hard to do properly and effectively. A 40% quota is another way to push business into looking beyond gender.