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Title: When and Where Residential Racial Segregation Matters for Black Self Employment
Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis
Publication Year: 2019
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Abstract: Scholars debate whether residential racial segregation associates positively, negatively, or at all with the black self-employment rate in the United States. This study engages that debate using data from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) 1980 5 percent State Sample and the 2006-2010 American Community Survey (ACS) five-year sample. Specifically, I investigate the county-level association between residential racial segregation and the black selfemployment rate in 1980 and 2010. Three indices measure residential racial segregation: (1) black-white dissimilarity, (2) black-white isolation, and (3) black clustering. The number of unincorporated black self-employees divided by the number of employed black adults (i.e., 16 years old and older) captures the black self-employment rate. Using fractional logit models and net of control variables, I find that residential racial segregation does not predict the black selfemployment rate in 1980, but positively predicts it in the South by 2010.
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Authors: Bento, Asia Inez
Institution: Rice University
Department: Sociology
Advisor: Tony N Brown
Degree: MA
Publisher Location: Houston, Texas
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Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS NHGIS
Topics: Housing and Segregation, Race and Ethnicity
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