# kaal:claim:3071378-021

**Claim.** As minority attainment of bachelors and graduate degrees rises and labor markets tighten, a business imperative for hiring minorities will emerge because firms that expand their labor pool gain an advantage over firms with limited access to diverse workers.

**Type.** predictive  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- continued growth in minority degree attainment
- overall tightening of labor markets

**Source quote.**

> This data suggests that a business imperative for hiring minorities will be created because corporations expanded their labor pool to include minorities, given the overall tightening in the labor markets, will create an advantage for themselves

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Blockchain Technology and Race in Corporate America* (2017), III.1 Corporate Structure, page 17

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain Technology and Race in Corporate America (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3071378

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**Topics.** economics

**Keywords.** labor-markets, business-imperative, diversity-hiring, competitive-advantage, prediction

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