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Title: Mexican American Entrepreneurship in the Southwest
Citation Type: Book, Section
Publication Year: 2009
ISBN: 1557535485, 9781557535481
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Abstract: This chapter investigates entrepreneurship among the Mexican-origin population in the Southwest. using the 5 percent sample of the 2000 census, this analysis investigates how differences in skill level, gender, and nativity affect the entrepreneurial outcomes of this diverse group, as measured by participation and earnings. Findings reveal that the odds of being an entrepreneur are higher for high-skilled Mexican men than for low-skilled men. moreover, the entrepreneurial earnings of high-skilled Mexican men are higher than those of low-skilled men and their wage-worker counterparts. in contrast, Mexican women's entrepreneurial activity is higher among high-skilled foreign-born women than among low-skilled foreign-born women or U.S.-born women, the latter regardless of skill level. Additionally, the earnings of women entrepreneurs are lower than those of their wage-worker counterparts (although the earnings of high-skilled entrepreneurs exceed those of their low-skilled counterparts). Findings suggest that the entrepreneurial activity of Mexicans in the Southwest may indicate two divergent trends: a strategy of economic mobility among high-skilled Mexican men and a strategy of economic survival among Mexican women and low-skilled Mexican men. overall, this research suggests that skill-level, gender, and nativity differentially affect the entrepreneurial outcomes of Mexicans in the Southwest.
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Authors: Valdez, Zulema
Editors: Butler, John Sibley; Morales, Alfonso; Torres, David, L
Pages: 175-195
Volume Title: An American Story: Mexican American Entrepreneurship and Wealth Creation
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Publisher Location: West Lafayette, IN, USA
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Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other, Race and Ethnicity
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