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Title: Race and Gender Through the University to Audit Firm Pipeline
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Publication Year: 2023
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DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.4627300
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Abstract: This study evaluates the auditing profession’s diversity initiatives by comparing diversity in the university to job pipeline for auditing and other disciplines. In tests using data describing millions of Americans, my most consistent finding is that Black representation in the audit labor pipeline is anomalous relative to comparable occupations. Specifically, I find that Black people are overrepresented among college freshmen planning to major in accounting but are underrepresented among recipients of accounting bachelor’s and master’s degrees, that audit firm hiring is concentrated at universities with few Black graduates, and that Black people are underrepresented among entry-level auditors compared to other similar professions. Regarding prominent theories about Black underrepresentation in auditing, my findings conform best with unintentionally biased recruiting and do not conform well with lower interest in accounting among Black students, explicit racism in audit firm recruiting, or lower interest among Black accounting graduates in pursuing careers in audit firms
Url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4627300
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Authors: Madsen, Paul E.
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Publication Number: 4627300
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Pages: 1-80
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Topics: Education, Race and Ethnicity
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