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Title: When and Where Residential Racial Segregation Matters for the Black Self-employment Rate

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2021

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ISSN: 0034-6446

DOI: 10.1177/00346446211013557

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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, 1990, and 2000 5% sample and 2006–2010 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year sample. Specifically, I investigate the county-level association between residential racial segregation and the Black self-employment rate, and whether this association varied by region in 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2010. Using fractional logit models and net of control variables, I find that residential racial segregation positively predicts Black self-employment in the South. Implications for understanding how time and region condition Black self-employment opportunities are discussed.

Url: https://doi.org/10.1177/00346446211013557

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Authors: Bento, Asia

Periodical (Full): The Review of Black Political Economy

Issue: 4

Volume: 48

Pages: 455-480

Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Housing and Segregation, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Race and Ethnicity

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