Living and Working in the City

The Effect of Central City Residence on African American Self-Employment

Datos Bibliográficos

ID18988397
AutoresDanielle Taana Smith (Rochester Institute of Technology, autor de correspondencia)
Año2006
Volumen36
Número4
Páginas585-596
Fecha de publicación2006-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Black Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0021-9347 • E-ISSN: 1552-4566
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0021934705277761
OpenAlexW3121870809
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas11

The economic and social decline of American central cities has been well documented, especially as these cities become increasingly socially and economically isolated entities. The flight of industrial jobs from inner cities to suburban areas resulted in increasing poverty and increasing unemployment for inner-city residents. This decline has profoundly affected African Americans who are disproportionately represented among the urban poor. While central cities have been declining, American entrepreneurship has generally been increasing, with a 20% increase between 1992 and 1997. This article examines whether central city residence contributes to or detracts from self-employment. The research question is: What is the effect of central city residence on the likelihood of self-employment for African Americans and Whites

Central city · Demographic economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Inner Cities · Inner city · Poverty · Residence · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Unemployment · Employment and Welfare Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy