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Ethnic and Racial Self-Employment Differences and Possible Explanations

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Fairlie, Robert W., Meyer, Bruce D.·1996·The Journal of Human Resources
DOI 10.2307/146146
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We show that entrepreneurship rates differ substantially across 60 ethnic and racial groups in the United States. These differences exist within broad combinations of groups such as Asians and Hispanics, and are almost as great after regression controls, including age, education, immigrant status, and time in the country. We then provide evidence on a number of theories of entrepreneurship. An ethnic/racial group's self-employment rate is positively associated with the difference between average self-employment and wage/salary earnings for that group. Ethnic/racial groups which immigrate from countries with high business ownership rates do not have high business ownership rates in the U.S. Finally, we find that the more advantaged ethnic/racial groups, measured by wage/salary earnings, self-employment earnings, and unearned income, and not the more disadvantaged groups, have the highest self-employment rates.

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Authors
Fairlie, R. W., & Meyer, B. D.
Venue
The Journal of Human Resources
Publisher
JSTOR
Published
1996
Volume
31
Issue
4
Pages
757
ISSN
0022-166X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.2307/146146
OpenAlex
W2035324972
Cited by
600
References
33
FWCI
26.20
Type
journal article
Language
en
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