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Title: Residential Segregation Influences on the Likelihood of Ethnic Self-Employment

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2009

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Abstract: Geographic and environmental influences on economic action have a long history in managerial research. This paper develops and estimates a model of the potential of a broad set of U.S. racial minority groups to enter self-employment based on individual-level, household-level, and metropolitan area-level factors. The model allows for an analysis of two distinct residential segregation processes on self-employment likelihood. Results indicate that clustering by race has group-specific influences, increasing the likelihood of self-employment for some groups and diminishing for others. Higher levels of racial exposure raise the likelihood of entrepreneurial careers for all groups, but especially for Blacks.

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Authors: Fairchild, Gregory B.

Periodical (Full): Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

Issue: 2

Volume: 33

Pages: 373-395

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

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

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