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Legal Status at Entry, Economic Performance, and Self-employment Proclivity: A Bi-national Study of Immigrants
Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
host country (worker, refugee, and family reunification), ethnic networks, enclaves and other differences among ethnicities … migrants who arrive through family reunification are less likely to work full-time; refugees are also less self-employed. Those …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762301
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Initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the employment and hours of self- employed coupled and single workers by gender and parental status
Kalenkoski, Charlene; Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff - 2020
This study examines the initial impact of COVID-19 shutdowns on the employment and hours of unincorporated self-employed workers using data from the Current Population Survey. Although the shutdowns decreased employment and hours for all groups, differential effects by gender, couple status, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012244813
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The impact of city contracting set-asides on black self-employment and employment
Chatterji, Aaron K.; Chay, Kenneth Y.; Fairlie, Robert W. - 2013
In the 1980s, many U.S. cities initiated programs reserving a proportion of government contracts for minority-owned businesses. The staggered introduction of these set-aside programs is used to estimate their impacts on the self-employment and employment rates of African-American men. Black...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292800
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The impact of city contracting set-asides on black self-employment and employment
Chatterji, Aaron K.; Chay, Kenneth Y.; Fairlie, Robert W. - 2013
In the 1980s, many U.S. cities initiated programs reserving a proportion of government contracts for minority-owned businesses. The staggered introduction of these set-aside programs is used to estimate their impacts on the self-employment and employment rates of African-American men. Black...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293167
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Black-White Gap in Self-Employment in the U.S : Do Cohort and within Race Differences Exist?
Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2010
-2002 and could the inclusion of the White immigrant population be driving this result? Second, do within race differences in … race and cohort differences exist in the Black-White self-employment gap. A subgroup of U.S. born African-Americans have a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139960
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The Impact of City Contracting Set-Asides on Black Self-Employment and Employment
Chatterji, Aaron K.; Chay, Kenneth Y.; Fairlie, Robert W. - CESifo - 2013
In the 1980s, many U.S. cities initiated programs reserving a proportion of government contracts for minority-owned businesses. The staggered introduction of these set-aside programs is used to estimate their impacts on the self-employment and employment rates of African-American men. Black...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010636597
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Measuring Racial and Ethnic Representation in 21st Century High Technology Self-employment
Atkins, Rachel M. B.; Burrage, April - 2022
Scholarly literature and popular media outlets document the lack of racial and ethnic diversity and inclusion among technology sector employees, however; racial and ethnic disparities in technology entrepreneurship are not well documented or understood. The factors that contribute to a more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014243576
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The Impact of City Contracting Set-Asides on Black Self-Employment and Employment
Chatterji, Aaron K.; Chay, Kenneth Y.; Fairlie, Robert W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In the 1980s, many U.S. cities initiated programs reserving a proportion of government contracts for minority-owned businesses. The staggered introduction of these set-aside programs is used to estimate their impacts on the self-employment and employment rates of African-American men. Black...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010633265
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Social-family network and self-employment : evidence from temporary rural-urban migrants in China/ Junfu Zhang; Zhong Zhao
Zhang, Junfu; Zhao, Zhong - 2011
We hypothesize that individuals with a larger social-family network are more likely to choose self-employment. We test … this hypothesis using data on temporary rural-urban migrants in China. The size of a migrant's social-family network is … social-family network exactly because he is self-employed. For this reason, a simple correlation between the probability of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009125024
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Gender differences in business performance: evidence from the characteristics of business owners survey
Fairlie, Robert W.; Robb, Alicia M. - 2008
experience in a similar business and prior work experience in family business. We also find some evidence that female …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268550