When and Where Residential Racial Segregation Matters for Black Self-Employment
| dc.contributor.advisor | Brown , Tony N | en_US |
| dc.creator | Bento, Asia I | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-05-17T18:50:54Z | en_US |
| dc.date.available | 2019-05-17T18:50:54Z | en_US |
| dc.date.created | 2019-05 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-04-17 | en_US |
| dc.date.submitted | May 2019 | en_US |
| dc.date.updated | 2019-05-17T18:50:54Z | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Scholars debate whether residential racial segregation associates positively, negatively, or at all with the black self-employment rate in the United States. This study engages that debate using data from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) 1980 5 percent State Sample and the 2006-2010 American Community Survey (ACS) five-year sample. Specifically, I investigate the county-level association between residential racial segregation and the black self-employment rate in 1980 and 2010. Three indices measure residential racial segregation: (1) black-white dissimilarity, (2) black-white isolation, and (3) black clustering. The number of unincorporated black self-employees divided by the number of employed black adults (i.e., 16 years old and older) captures the black self-employment rate. Using fractional logit models and net of control variables, I find that residential racial segregation does not predict the black self-employment rate in 1980, but positively predicts it in the South by 2010. | en_US |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Bento, Asia I. "When and Where Residential Racial Segregation Matters for Black Self-Employment." (2019) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105959">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105959</a>. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105959 | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder. | en_US |
| dc.subject | residential racial segregation | en_US |
| dc.subject | self-employment | en_US |
| dc.subject | en_US | |
| dc.title | When and Where Residential Racial Segregation Matters for Black Self-Employment | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.type.material | Text | en_US |
| thesis.degree.department | Sociology | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Social Sciences | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Rice University | en_US |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts | en_US |
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