Disadvantage and Discrimination in Self-Employment and Entrepreneurship

Smriti Sharma ()
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Smriti Sharma: Newcastle University Business School

Chapter 26 in Handbook on Economics of Discrimination and Affirmative Action, 2023, pp 615-631 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Ethnic and racial minorities are underrepresented in business ownership across the world. This chapter focuses on racial and ethnic disadvantage and discrimination in rates of entrepreneurship and self-employment, and entrepreneurial success. It discusses the literature on the sources of gaps and ways to potentially bridge the racial and ethnic gaps in self-employment and entrepreneurial performance.

Keywords: Discrimination; Self-employment; Entrepreneurship; Race; Ethnicity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-4166-5_11

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