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

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  • Abhay P. Aneja
  • Carlos F. Avenancio-León

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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.

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  • Abhay P. Aneja & Carlos F. Avenancio-León, 2019. "Disenfranchisement and Economic Inequality: Downstream Effects of Shelby County v. Holder," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 109, pages 161-165, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:apandp:v:109:y:2019:p:161-65
    Note: DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20191085
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    JEL classification:

    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • J45 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Public Sector Labor Markets
    • K16 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Election Law
    • K38 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Human Rights Law; Gender Law; Animal Rights Law

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