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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 W.; Robb, Alicia M. - 2004
Four decades ago, Nathan Glazer and Daniel Patrick Moynihan made the argument that the black family "was not strong … examining whether racial differences in family business backgrounds can explain why black-owned businesses lag substantially … that black business owners have a relatively disadvantaged family business background compared with white business owners …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262040
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Self-employment and earnings among high-skilled immigrants in the United States
Lofstrom, Magnus - 2000
This paper uses data from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Censuses to analyze the labor market experience of high-skilled immigrants relative to high-skilled natives. Immigrants are found to be more likely to be working in one of the high-skilled occupations than natives, but the gap between the two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336868
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Labor market assimilation and the self-employment decision of immigrant entrepreneurs
Lofstrom, Magnus - 1999
This paper uses data from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Censuses to study labor market assimilation of self-employed immigrants. Separate earnings functions for the self-employed and wage/salary workers are estimated. To control for endogenous sorting into the sectors, models of the self-employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011313956
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Other Forms of Employment: Temporary Employment Agencies and Self-Employment
Wadensjö, Eskil; Andersson, Pernilla - 2004
In most industrialized countries the majority of employed people are full-time employees with a non-temporary job and work at a workplace of the company in which they are employed. They are making careers at the employer they are employed by and most work-place changes are to other jobs of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261914
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Why Do Self-Employed Immigrants in Denmark and Sweden Have Such Low Incomes?
Andersson, Pernilla; Wadensjö, Eskil - 2004
When studying income differences and income distribution, the self-employed are often excluded from the population studied. There are several good reasons for this, for example that incomes from self-employment are not reported to the same extent as incomes from being an employee. On the other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262029
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Labor Market Assimilation and the Self- Employment Decision of Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Lofstrom, Magnus - 1999
This paper uses data from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Censuses to study labor market assimilation of self-employed immigrants. Separate earnings functions for the self-employed and wage/salary workers are estimated. To control for endogenous sorting into the sectors, models of the self-employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262281
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Self-Employment and Earnings among High-Skilled Immigrants in the United States
Lofstrom, Magnus - 2000
This paper uses data from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Censuses to analyze the labor market experience of high-skilled immigrants relative to high-skilled natives. Immigrants are found to be more likely to be working in one of the high-skilled occupations than natives, but the gap between the two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262383
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Immigrant versus Native Businesswomen : Proclivity and Performance
Constant, Amelie F. - 2004
Career positions in German economic life are still male-dominated, and the driving forces behind success are not yet well understood. This paper contributes to a better understanding by classifying success stories in self-employment and business careers, and by investigating differences between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272295
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Why are Black-Owned Businesses Less Successful than White-Owned Businesses? The Role of Families, Inheritances, and Business Human Capital
Robb, Alicia; Fairlie, Robert W. - 2021
Four decades ago, Nathan Glazer and Daniel Patrick Moynihan made the argument that the black family was not strong … racial differences in family business backgrounds can explain why black-owned businesses lag substantially behind white … owners have a relatively disadvantaged family business background compared with white business owners. Black business owners …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319060
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Why Do Self-Employed Immigrants in Denmark and Sweden Have Such Low Incomes?
Andersson, Pernilla; Wadensjo, Eskil - 2021
When studying income differences and income distribution, the self-employed are often excluded from the population studied. There are several good reasons for this, for example that incomes from self-employment are not reported to the same extent as incomes from being an employee. On the other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319080