Comments on "The Findings and Policy Implications of the GAO Report and the Urban Institute Hiring Audit" by Michael Fix.

Briggs, Vernon M., Jr.

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ERIC Number: EJ422235

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1990

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ISSN: ISSN-0197-1983

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Comments on "The Findings and Policy Implications of the GAO Report and the Urban Institute Hiring Audit" by Michael Fix.

Briggs, Vernon M., Jr.

International Migration Review, v24 n4 p828-30 Win 1990

Responds to the article by Fix and Bean in this issue on the General Accounting Office (GAO) report on discrimination related to provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). Questions interpretation of the GAO report and an Urban Institute-sponsored study. Endorses IRCA and recommends stronger employer sanctions. (AF)

Descriptors: Civil Rights, Eligibility, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Equal Protection, Ethnic Discrimination, Federal Regulation, Hispanic Americans, Immigrants, Program Evaluation, Public Policy

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Policymakers

Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Immigration Reform and Control Act 1986

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