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catalog contributor b7162866.
catalog contributor b7162867.
catalog created "c1993.".
catalog date "1993".
catalog date "c1993.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
catalog description "1. An overview of auditing for discrimination / Michael Fix, George C. Galster, and Raymond J. Struyk : The context for expanding the use of testing trends in the attitudes of whites ; Advantages and ethics of auditing ; Audit findings in brief ; Methodological issues related to designing, interpreting, and statistically evaluating audits ; Consequences of strong documentation testing as an enforcement strategy: the case of housing ; Future directions for auditing ; Appendix 1.A: Interpreting audits using different definitions of discrimination ; Appendix 1.B: Linking audit methodology to conventional estimation approaches -- 2. Access denied, access constrained: results and implications of the 1989 Housing Discrimination Study / John Yinger : Introduction ; The Housing Discrimination Study ; The incidence of discrimination in housing availability ; Severity of discrimination in housing availability ; Other forms of discrimination ; Conclusion: To what extent does discrimination constrain minority homeseekers' access to housing? -- Going beyond the Housing Discrimination Study: comments / William R. Tisdale -- 3. Limits on neighborhood choice: evidence of racial and ethnic steering in urban housing markets / Margery Austin Turner : Introduction ; Analyzing steering with audit data ; Incidence and severity of steering in the Housing Discrimination Study ; Neighborhood marketing practices ; Implications for neighborhood choice and public policy ; Appendix 3.A: Matching audited addresses to census tracts ; Appendix 3.B: Selected census tracts in Washington, D.C., and Prince George's County -- The real estate industry's view of audit results: comments / Robert D. Butters --".
catalog description "4. The Urban Institute audit studies: their research and policy context / Ronald B. Mincy : Introduction ; Labor markets and the urban underclass ; Previous studies ; Urban Institute audit studies ; Denver audit study ; Implications for policy and research ; Antidiscrimination policies ; Suggestions for future research -- 5. The Urban Institute audit studies: their methods and findings / James J. Heckman and Peter Siegelman : Introduction ; How audits work ; How the audit method might improve our knowledge of labor market discrimination ; Qualifying the Urban Institute conclusion: some limitations of the evidence ; Additional comments on the audit studies ; The value of having more than two testers ; A behavioral model of firms' job offers to heterogeneous workers ; Implications for policy and future research ; Appendix 5.A: Mathematical appendix ; Appendix 5.B: Plots of Cressie-Read statistics for tests of homogeneity and tests of symmetry ; Appendix 5.C: Empirical Bayes methods and the sign test ; Appendix 5.D: A model of the hiring decision -- Audit methodology: comments / John Yinger -- Response to comments by John Yinger / James J. Heckman and Peter Siegelman -- 6. Policy implications for Hispanic and other national-origin groups / Antonia Hernández and Birgit Seifert : Importance of auditing and testing in civil rights advocacy ; Addressing criticisms of auditing and testing ; Committing auditing and testing resources to all protected groups --".
catalog description "7. Use of testers in investigating discrimination in mortgage lending and insurance / George C. Galster : Introduction ; What do we know about mortgage lending and insurance patterns? ; Legal issues in lending and insurance testing ; Ethical issues in lending and insurance testing ; Previous testing pilot studies of lenders and insurers ; Methodological issues in lending and insurance testing ; Overall evaluation, policy implications, and future directions -- The fair-housing movement's alternative standard for measuring housing discrimination: comments / Shanna L. Smith -- 8. Use of testing in civil rights enforcement / Roderic V. O. Boggs, Joseph M. Sellers, and Marc Bendick, Jr. : Introduction ; Methodological considerations in enforcement ; Uses of testing to challenge employment ; Challenges to the use of testing as an enforcement tool ; Future of enforcement-oriented testing -- 9. Implications of empirical studies on race discrimination / Christopher Edley, Jr. : Research by trickery? ; Methods and inference ; Status of testing litigation ; The housing discrimination precedent ; Challenges in an upside-down world -- The need for testing endures after two decades: comments / Robert G. Schwemm -- Extending the reach of the audit methodology: comments / John Charles Boger -- Appendix : Summary of the Urban Institute's and the University of Colorado's hiring audits / Wendy Zimmermann.".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
catalog extent "xviii, 420 p. :".
catalog hasFormat "Clear and convincing evidence.".
catalog identifier "0877665990 (casebound : alk. paper)".
catalog identifier "0877666008 (paper : alk. paper)".
catalog isFormatOf "Clear and convincing evidence.".
catalog issued "1993".
catalog issued "c1993.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Urban Institute Press ; Lanham, MD : Distributed by University Press of America,".
catalog relation "Clear and convincing evidence.".
catalog spatial "United States".
catalog subject "305/.0973 20".
catalog subject "Discrimination in employment United States Auditing.".
catalog subject "Discrimination in housing United States Auditing.".
catalog subject "Discrimination in insurance United States Auditing.".
catalog subject "Discrimination in mortgage loans United States Auditing.".
catalog subject "HD7288.76.U5 C54 1993".
catalog tableOfContents "1. An overview of auditing for discrimination / Michael Fix, George C. Galster, and Raymond J. Struyk : The context for expanding the use of testing trends in the attitudes of whites ; Advantages and ethics of auditing ; Audit findings in brief ; Methodological issues related to designing, interpreting, and statistically evaluating audits ; Consequences of strong documentation testing as an enforcement strategy: the case of housing ; Future directions for auditing ; Appendix 1.A: Interpreting audits using different definitions of discrimination ; Appendix 1.B: Linking audit methodology to conventional estimation approaches -- 2. Access denied, access constrained: results and implications of the 1989 Housing Discrimination Study / John Yinger : Introduction ; The Housing Discrimination Study ; The incidence of discrimination in housing availability ; Severity of discrimination in housing availability ; Other forms of discrimination ; Conclusion: To what extent does discrimination constrain minority homeseekers' access to housing? -- Going beyond the Housing Discrimination Study: comments / William R. Tisdale -- 3. Limits on neighborhood choice: evidence of racial and ethnic steering in urban housing markets / Margery Austin Turner : Introduction ; Analyzing steering with audit data ; Incidence and severity of steering in the Housing Discrimination Study ; Neighborhood marketing practices ; Implications for neighborhood choice and public policy ; Appendix 3.A: Matching audited addresses to census tracts ; Appendix 3.B: Selected census tracts in Washington, D.C., and Prince George's County -- The real estate industry's view of audit results: comments / Robert D. Butters --".
catalog tableOfContents "4. The Urban Institute audit studies: their research and policy context / Ronald B. Mincy : Introduction ; Labor markets and the urban underclass ; Previous studies ; Urban Institute audit studies ; Denver audit study ; Implications for policy and research ; Antidiscrimination policies ; Suggestions for future research -- 5. The Urban Institute audit studies: their methods and findings / James J. Heckman and Peter Siegelman : Introduction ; How audits work ; How the audit method might improve our knowledge of labor market discrimination ; Qualifying the Urban Institute conclusion: some limitations of the evidence ; Additional comments on the audit studies ; The value of having more than two testers ; A behavioral model of firms' job offers to heterogeneous workers ; Implications for policy and future research ; Appendix 5.A: Mathematical appendix ; Appendix 5.B: Plots of Cressie-Read statistics for tests of homogeneity and tests of symmetry ; Appendix 5.C: Empirical Bayes methods and the sign test ; Appendix 5.D: A model of the hiring decision -- Audit methodology: comments / John Yinger -- Response to comments by John Yinger / James J. Heckman and Peter Siegelman -- 6. Policy implications for Hispanic and other national-origin groups / Antonia Hernández and Birgit Seifert : Importance of auditing and testing in civil rights advocacy ; Addressing criticisms of auditing and testing ; Committing auditing and testing resources to all protected groups --".
catalog tableOfContents "7. Use of testers in investigating discrimination in mortgage lending and insurance / George C. Galster : Introduction ; What do we know about mortgage lending and insurance patterns? ; Legal issues in lending and insurance testing ; Ethical issues in lending and insurance testing ; Previous testing pilot studies of lenders and insurers ; Methodological issues in lending and insurance testing ; Overall evaluation, policy implications, and future directions -- The fair-housing movement's alternative standard for measuring housing discrimination: comments / Shanna L. Smith -- 8. Use of testing in civil rights enforcement / Roderic V. O. Boggs, Joseph M. Sellers, and Marc Bendick, Jr. : Introduction ; Methodological considerations in enforcement ; Uses of testing to challenge employment ; Challenges to the use of testing as an enforcement tool ; Future of enforcement-oriented testing -- 9. Implications of empirical studies on race discrimination / Christopher Edley, Jr. : Research by trickery? ; Methods and inference ; Status of testing litigation ; The housing discrimination precedent ; Challenges in an upside-down world -- The need for testing endures after two decades: comments / Robert G. Schwemm -- Extending the reach of the audit methodology: comments / John Charles Boger -- Appendix : Summary of the Urban Institute's and the University of Colorado's hiring audits / Wendy Zimmermann.".
catalog title "Clear and convincing evidence : measurement of discrimination in America / Michael Fix and Raymond J. Struyk, editors.".
catalog type "text".