African Americans' pursuit of self-employment.

Autor/inn/en	Lofstrom, Magnus; Bates, Timothy
Institution	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit
Titel	African Americans' pursuit of self-employment. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Zur beruflichen Selbständigkeit von Afroamerikanern.
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Reihe	IZA discussion paper. 3156
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
URN	urn:nbn:de:101:1-200910121839
Schlagwörter	Bildungsniveau; Mobilitätsbarriere; Soziale Mobilität; Determinante; Betriebsstilllegung; Unternehmenserfolg; Unternehmensgründung; Berufliche Selbstständigkeit; Arbeitspapier; Sektorale Verteilung; Ethnische Gruppe; Schwarzer; Selbstständiger; Weißer
Abstract	"This study examines causes of black/white gaps in business ownership and self-employment rates by analyzing small-business entry and exit patterns. We proceed by recognizing heterogeneity in business ownership across different industry groups: a classification of firms by human- and financial-capital 'intensiveness', or entry barriers, we find, is useful for explaining racial differences in entrepreneurship. The barriers facing aspiring entrepreneurs seeking entry into low-barrier industries differ substantially from those limiting entry into high-barrier industries. Higher entry and lower exit rates typifying whites, relative to African Americans, are traditionally interpreted as reflections of the greater financial- and human-capital resources possessed by non-minorities. This consensus view, however, is simplistic. While education background is a powerful predictor of self-employment patterns in the low-barrier industries, advanced educational credentials actually predict lower entry: college graduates are less likely to select into low-barrier small business ownership. In the high-barrier fields, in contrast, college-educated individuals are more likely than less educated persons to enter into self employment. Overall, black presence in high-barrier fields is held down by lower net asset holdings and weaker educational credentials of potential and actual entrepreneurs. In the low-barrier industries, where the majority of black-owned businesses operate, net worth levels and educational backgrounds are trumped by the racial characteristic: low black entry and high exit rates are powerfully predicted by one's race." Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 1996 bis 2001. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2008/2