Investigates the impact of central cityresidence on the likelihood that African Americans and Whites will opt forself-employment. The economic and social decline of central cities has resultedin alarmingly high unemployment rates; therefore, self-employment is criticalfor many residents'...

At the metropolitan level there is a striking negative correlation between residential racial segregation and population characteristics -- particularly for black residents -- but it is widely recognized that this correlation may not be causal. This paper provides a novel test of the causal...