Gender, Ethnicity, and Self-Employment: A Multilevel Analysis across US Metropolitan Areas

Qingfang Wang
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Qingfang Wang: Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28262, USA

Environment and Planning A, 2009, vol. 41, issue 8, 1979-1996

Abstract: Rates of self-employment differ among ethnic groups, between men and women, and by place. Using the 2000 5% Public Use Microdata Samples and hierarchical regression modeling, I examine in this study how metropolitan labor-market characteristics influence the probability of self-employment among non-Hispanic whites, blacks, Hispanics, and Asians in the United States, separately for men and women. The results show that, after controlling for individual-level characteristics, metropolitan labor-market characteristics—including macroeconomic conditions, overall business structure, ethnic composition, and residential segregation—significantly influence self-employment patterns across ethnic and gender groups.

Date: 2009
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