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Trends in Self-Employment Among White and Black Men: 1910-1990
Fairlie, Robert - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2014
self-employment industries.  Recently, the increase in business ownership was caused by an end to the within industry …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010775494
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Recent Trends in Ethnic and Racial Business Ownership
Fairlie, Robert - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2014
s, trends in business ownership rates were fairly flat over the past two decades.  There were, however, important …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010775495
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The Absence of the African-American Owned Business: An Analysis of the Dynamics of Self-Employment
Fairlie, Robert - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 1999
Estimates from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) indicate that African-American men are one-third as likely to be self-employed as white men.  The large discrepancy is due to a black transition rate into self-employment that is approximately one half the white rate and a black...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010737349
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Behind the GATE Experiment: Evidence on Effects of and Rationales for Subsidized Entrepreneurship Training
Fairlie, Robert - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2014
labor market discrimination. We do find a short-run effect on business ownership for those unemployed at baseline, but this … effects on business sales, earnings, or employees. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010843011
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Drug Dealing and Legitimate Self-Employment
Fairlie, Robert - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2014
Theoretical models of entrepreneurship posit that attitudes toward risk, entrepreneurial ability, and preferences for autonomy are central to the individual's decision between self-employment and wage/salary work.  None of the studies in the rapidly growing empirical literature on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010843017
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The Effect of Immigration on Native Self-Employment
Fairlie, Robert - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2014
A rapidly growing literature examines the impact of immigrants on the labor market outcomes of native-born Americans.  However, the impact of immigration on natives in entrepreneurship has not been examined, despite the over-representation of immigrants in that sector and theoretical reasons...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010843019
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Why Are Black-Owned Businesses Less Successful than White-Owned Businesses?  The Role of Families, Inheritances, and Business Human Capital
Fairlie, Robert - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2014
Using confidential microdata from the Characteristics of Business Owners, we examine why African-American owned … businesses lag substantially behind white-owned businesses in sales, profits, employment, and survival.  Black business owners … are much less likely than white owners to have had a self-employed family member owner prior to starting their business …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010843022
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The Impact of City Contracting Set-Asides on Black Self-Employment and Employment
Chatterji, Aaron K; Chay, Kenneth Y; Fairlie, Robert W - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2013
employment rates of African-American men. Black business ownership rates increased significantly after program initiation, with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010843034
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The Absence of the African-American Owned Business: An Analysis of the Dynamics of Self-Employment
Fairlie, Robert - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2014
Estimates from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) indicate that African-American men are one-third as likely to be self-employed as white men.  The large discrepancy is due to a black transition rate into self-employment that is approximately one half the white rate and a black...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010843035
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Ethnic and Racial Self-Employment Differences and Possible Explanations
Fairlie, Robert - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2014
countries with high business ownership rates do not have high business ownership rates in the U.S.  Finally, we find that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010843057