The Value of Self-Employment to Ethnic Minorities

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2374337
AutoresM Brynin (0000-0002-1087-2836, University of Essex, autor de correspondencia), Mohammed Shamsul Karim (0000-0003-4183-0505, University of Essex), Wouter Zwysen (0000-0001-6304-4762, University of Essex)
Año2019
Volumen33
Número5
Páginas846-864
Fecha de publicación2019-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWork Employment and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0950017019855232
OpenAlexW2954727690
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas75

It is sometimes argued that ethnic minorities have a cultural predisposition towards self-employment. However, this is generally not the preferred option for minority groups. We argue that ethnic minorities face a double risk in deciding between employment and self-employment. While their chances in employment leave them exposed to greater risk than the majority group, self-employment, which is inherently risky for all workers, adds to their general risk environment. We demonstrate a negative underpinning to their self-employed activity, showing that minority groups in the UK earn less in self-employment relative to the white British majority, work longer hours, and have lower job satisfaction. They also leave self-employment sooner to take up a job as an employee and use resources such as higher education to stand a better chance in employment

Business · Demographic economics · Economics · Ethnic group · Face (sociological concept · Labour economics · Minority group · Political science · Self-employment · Sociology · Underpinning · Work (physics · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Taxation and Compliance Studies