Pushed out or pulled in? Self-employment among ethnic minorities in England and Wales

被引：211

作者：

Clark, K

Drinkwater, S

机构：

[1] Univ Manchester, Sch Econ Studies, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England

[2] Univ Surrey, Guildford GU2 5XH, Surrey, England

来源：

LABOUR ECONOMICS | 2000年 / 7卷 / 05期

基金：

英国经济与社会研究理事会;

关键词：

ethnic minorities; self-employment; discrimination;

D O I：

10.1016/S0927-5371(00)00015-4

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

High rates of self-employment among ethnic minorities in England and Wales investigated using a framework in which the self-employment decision is influenced by ethnic-specific attributes as well as sectoral earnings differentials. As expected, differences in an individual's predicted earnings in paid and self-employment are strongly correlated with self-employment decisions. Individuals with low English fluency, and recent immigrants, are less likely than other members of ethnic minorities to be self-employed. Perhaps surprisingly, this is also true of individuals living in "enclaves" - areas with a high percentage of their own ethnic group. The relatively deprived nature of such areas of England and Wales may explain this. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. JEL classification: J23: J7.

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页码：603 / 628

页数：26