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Dealing With Diversity: Changing Theories Of Discrimination, Deborah Calloway
Dealing With Diversity: Changing Theories Of Discrimination, Deborah Calloway
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Accommodating Pregnancy In The Workplace, Deborah Calloway
Accommodating Pregnancy In The Workplace, Deborah Calloway
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The Selection Of Employment Discrimination Disputes For Litigation: Using Business Cycle Effects To Test The Priest-Klein Hypothesis, Peter Siegelman, John J. Donohue Iii
The Selection Of Employment Discrimination Disputes For Litigation: Using Business Cycle Effects To Test The Priest-Klein Hypothesis, Peter Siegelman, John J. Donohue Iii
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Employment discrimination cases filed during recessions are more likely to settle after filing and less likely to be won by plaintiffs than those filed when the economy is strong. This model of litigation confirms two predictions of the Priest-Klein model of litigation. First, relatively weak cases (for either party) should be more likely to settle. Second, the party with the greater stake in litigation will have the higher win rate in adjudicated disputes; the special case of even stakes produces a 50 percent plaintiff win rate. The settlement process does not produce complete selection, however: the strong version of the …