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Title: Intergenerational Ethnic Enclave Influences on the Likelihood of Being Self-Employed

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Publication Year: 2007

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Abstract: How does the experience of living in an ethnic enclave during formative years influence the propensity to be self-employed? This study examines the intergenerational influence of exposure to self-employed, co-ethnic neighbors on the likelihood that racial or ethnic minorities will become self-employed. The paper develops a model of factors that influence self-employment likelihood, including intergenerational co-ethnic predictors, and tests them through an analysis of respondents to the 2000 U.S. Census long-form survey (i.e., IPUMS). Results show that higher levels of exposure to entrepreneurial co-ethnics in the parent's generation have a strong impact on self-employment likelihood.

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Authors: Fairchild, Gregory B.

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Institution: University of Virginia - Darden Graduate School of Business Administration

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Family and Marriage, Housing and Segregation, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Poverty and Welfare, Race and Ethnicity

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