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Spatial Assimilation And Self-Employment: The Case Of Black Americans

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  • GREGORY B. FAIRCHILD

    (Graduate School of Business Administration, P. O. Box 6550, FOB 185, Charlottesville, VA 22906-6550, USA)

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Residential segregation has played a central role in theories of minority entrepreneurship. This study integrates two theories in the extant literature on minorities and urban areas (spatial assimilation theory and labor market disadvantage theory); and tests a hypothesis on the self-employment likelihood of black Americans. Descriptive statistics indicate a negative relationship between black-white segregation and increasing socioeconomic status (SES), although blacks remain considerably residentially segregated from whites of similar SES. The model results indicate that, after controlling for a number of factors, segregation of high SES blacks and whites in a metropolitan area is associated with higher likelihood of black self-employment.

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  • Gregory B. Fairchild, 2008. "Spatial Assimilation And Self-Employment: The Case Of Black Americans," Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 13(03), pages 269-291.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jdexxx:v:13:y:2008:i:03:n:s1084946708000971
    DOI: 10.1142/S1084946708000971
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