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Title: Ethnic Specialization

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2005

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Abstract: Immigrant entrepreneurs in the US stratify by ethnicity. Koreans are e.g.43 times more likely to run dry-cleaners than are other immigrants, and Gu-jarati speakers from India are 71 times more likely to operate hotels. Thephenomenon of ethnic specialization occurs in many immigrant groups, has along history and is present in several countries with ethnic minorities. Thispaper explores the causes of specialization and attempts to separate group in-teraction from correlated skills as the major determinant. Path dependency isdemonstrated by using the variability in group size combined with laws of largenumbers to generate exogenous variation in the occupational distribution.

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Authors: Mandorff, Martin

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Institution: University of Chicago

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Publisher Location: Chicago, IL

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration, Race and Ethnicity

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