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Title: As American as Apple Pie? Exploring the Relationship between Ethnic Entrepreneurship and Segemented Assimilation
Citation Type: Conference Paper
Publication Year: 2004
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Abstract: The ethnic entrepreneurship literature posits that the maintenance of the ethnic community facilitates ethnic entrepreneurship. Hence, and in contrast to classical assimilation theory, it is the preservation of ethnicity rather than its gradual loss, which provides an avenue of economic absorption. Yet, as entrepreneurs and therefore members of the capitalist class, ethnic entrepreneurs are actively engaged within the capitalist economy. From this perspective, entrepreneurial activity may indicate assimilation. Using 1980, 1990, and 2000 census data (IPUMS), this research investigates hypotheses of segmented assimilation on the self-employment outcomes of White, Black, Mexican, and Korean men in the US. Predictions of segmented assimilation are tested by 1) an examination of self-employment differences as a percentage of all men by cohort and ethnicity; 2) an examination of ethnic differences in 1980-2000 changes by cohort; 3) a cohort analysis of the self-employment outcomes of these groups disaggregated by nativity and generation, and compared to US-born Whites and Blacks, separately. Findings reveal a gradual pattern of convergence to US-born White outcomes, as foreign-born Mexicans and Koreans reside in the US longer, and among US-born Mexicans and Koreans. In contrast, entrepreneurial participation among Blacks declines as the foreign-born reside in the US longer, and among US-born Blacks.
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Authors: Valdez, Zulema
Conference Name: American Sociological Association
Publisher Location: San Francisco, CA
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration, Race and Ethnicity
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