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Title: Spatial Assimilation and Self-Employment: The Case of Black Americans

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2007

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Abstract: Residential segregation has played a central role in theories of minority entrepreneurship. This study integrates two theories in the extant literature on minorities and urban areas (spatial assimilation theory and labor market disadvantage theory); and tests a hypothesis on the self-employment likelihood of black Americans. Descriptive statistics indicate a negative relationship between black-white segregation and increasing socioeconomic status (SES), although blacks remain considerably residentially segregated from whites of similar SES. The model results indicate that, after controlling for a number of factors, segregation of high SES blacks and whites in a metropolitan area is associated with higher likelihood of black self-employment.

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Authors: Fairchild, Gregory

Periodical (Full): Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship

Issue: 3

Volume: 13

Pages: 269-291

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Race and Ethnicity

Countries: United States