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| DC Field | | Value | | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | | Lunn, John | | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | | Steen, Todd P. | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2009-08-07 | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2010-05-14T11:54:43Z | | - |
| dc.date.available | | 2010-05-14T11:54:43Z | | - |
| dc.date.issued | | 2000 | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/31993 | | - |
| dc.description.abstract | | Self-employment rates differ widely across industries and across racial and ethnic categories. The former is relatively easy for economists to explain while the latter differences are more difficult. Self-employment is rare in industries for which production is characterized by substantial economies of scale. Self-employment is more common in services than in manufacturing, although it is greatest in agriculture. There are also substantial differences in self-employment across countries, with the evidence suggesting an inverse relationship between self-employment and economic development. For the United States, self- employment rates tend to be higher in less densely populated states because self-employment rates are greater when average firm size is smaller (Lunn and Steen, 2000). According to some people, differences in self-employment rates across racial and ethnic categories are due to discrimination. Self-employment rates are higher for whites than other racial/ethnic groups, and are higher for men than for women. The numerous programs initiated by state and local governments to assist minority- and women-owned businesses usually offer discrimination against minorities and women as a rationale for the programs. However, self-employment rates often differ widely across more narrowly defined groups within broader racial or ethnic classifications. Within the United States, there is a relatively large gap between self-employment rates of Mexicans and Cubans, and a larger gap between Koreans and Laotians. Fairlie (1996) reports self-employment rates for Russians of 24.9 percent and 10.5 percent for Belgians. These differences in self-employment rates within broader classifications (Hispanics, Asians, and Europeans) suggest that discrimination may not be the primary cause. In this paper, we examine self-employment rates among various ethnic groups within the broader classification of Asian to illustrate the heterogeneity of the self-employed, and to discuss the implications of this heterogeneity. | | en |
| dc.language.iso | | eng | | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research Göttingen | | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | | CeGE Discussion Paper 6 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.ddc | | 330 | | en_US |
| dc.title | | The heterogeneity of self-employment: The example of Asians in the United States | | en_US |
| dc.type | | Working Paper | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.ppn | | 500237980 | | en_US |
| dc.rights | | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | | - |
| dc.identifier.repec | | RePEc:zbw:cegedp:6 | | - |
| Appears in Collections: | | cege-Diskussionspapiere, Universität Göttingen
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