African Americans Pursuit of Self-Employment

This study examines causes of black/white gaps in business ownership and self-employmentrates by analyzing small-business entry and exit patterns. We proceed by recognizingheterogeneity in business ownership across different industry groups: a classification of firmsby human- and financial-capital intensiveness, or entry barriers, we find, is useful forexplaining racial differences in entrepreneurship...

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Year of publication:	2007-11-01
Authors:	Lofstrom, Magnus ; Bates, Timothy
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Selbständige Arbeit \| Grenze \| frontier / border \| frontière \| Geschäftsführung

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Extent:	100352 bytes 40 p. application/pdf
Series:	IZA Discussion Papers Discussion Paper ; No. 3156 (2007)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	J15 - Economics of Minorities and Races ; L26 - Entrepreneurship ; Management and business organisation. General ; Labour law and industrial relations ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; AFRICA
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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