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Trends in Self-Employment Among White and Black Men: 1910-1990
Fairlie, Robert - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2014
We examine trends in entrepreneurship among white and black men from 1910 to 1990 using Census and CPS microdata …
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
entrepreneurship among several ethnic/racial groups in the United States.  I find rapid growth rates for the number of self …
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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The Effect of Immigration on Native Self-Employment
Fairlie, Robert - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2014
.  However, the impact of immigration on natives in entrepreneurship has not been examined, despite the over-representation of … outcomes of native-born Americans.  However, the impact of immigration on natives in entrepreneurship has not been examined …
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010843022
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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
We show that entrepreneurship rates differ substantially across 60 ethnic and racial groups in the United States … of theories of entrepreneurship.  An ethnic/racial group's self-employment rate is positively associated with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010843057
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An Extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition Technique to Logit and Probit Models
Fairlie, Robert - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2014
may be problematic. Applicaiton to computer ownership and entrepreneurship are used to illustrate the technique.   …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010891747