among black business owners, perhaps by limiting their acquisition of general and specific business human capital …, negatively affects black business outcomes. We also find that limited opportunities for acquiring specific business human capital …. We compare these estimates to contributions from racial differences in owner's education, startup capital, geographical …

self-employment are solely due to the acquisition of general and specific business capital and that instead similarities … in determining small business outcomes, whereas the business human capital acquired from prior work experience in a …