Ethnic Economies

Bibliographic Data

ID23701459
AuthorsSteven J Gold (Michigan State University, corresponding author)
Year2015
Pages1-15
Publication date2015-12-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueWiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Nationalism (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781118663202.wberen147
OpenAlexW4234133858
ISBN9781118663202
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited14

Ethnic economies exist in any situation where common ethnicity exerts a significant influence on economic relations. This includes the ethnic‐owned economy of the self‐employed, their unpaid family workers, and their coethnic employees, and also the ethnic‐controlled economy, wherein ethnic networks allocate jobs in non‐coethnic firms or the public sector. This entry reviews the workings of ethnic economies among various populations, the resources immigrant and ethnic groups use to build small businesses that provide jobs and earnings, the impact of ethnic economies on social mobility, and ethnic economies' consequences for group members, communities, and the larger society.

Business · Demographic economics · Earnings · Economics · Economy · Ethnic group · Ethnic history · Immigration · Political science · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Finance · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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