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Title: Black-White Gap in Self-Employment. Do Intra-Race Hereogeneity Exist?

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Publication Year: 2013

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Abstract: Past research on the determinants of self-employment in the United States has emphasized the importance of ethnicity. In particular, self-employment rates for Blacks lag far behind those of other racial groups for comparable individuals. This research examines two related issues: Does the dummy variable coefficient associated with theBlackWhite self-employment gap exhibit intra-raceheterogeneity? Second, does this variable have diminishedor increased impact across generations? We decompose the sample into subgroups and find that the size of the BlackWhite self-employment gap varies within subgroups of African-Americans.

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Authors: Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth; Belton, Willie

Periodical (Full): Small Business Economics

Issue: 1

Volume: 41

Pages: 25-39

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Race and Ethnicity

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