A Contextual Analysis of Black Self-Employment in Large Metropolitan Areas, 1970-1980

Bibliographic Data

ID2556984
AuthorsR L Boyd (0000-0001-8729-7430, University of South Carolina, corresponding author)
Year1991
Volume70
Issue2
Pages409
Publication date1991-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Forces (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2580246
OpenAlexW4251342895
LanguageEN
Citations received15

This study analyzes self-employment of blade workers in large metropolitan areas in 1970 and 1980 as an outcome affected by human capital, gender, and family structure and by local area demographic, ecological, and labor market characteristics. Data are from the Public Use Samples, census volumes, and other sources. Differences between the 1970 and 1980 results suggest that major transformations occurred in the environment of black self-employment during the study period. Logistic regression analysis indicates that in 1970 black self-employment was dependent upon niches created and maintained by racial disadvantage, but by 1980 black self-employment was encouraged by niches supported by a sizable and relatively high-status black community. Also, in 1980 the odds of black self-employment were inversely related to the proportion of blacks employed in government agencies, suggesting that the attraction of publicsector jobs may have discouraged black entrepreneurship

Black male · Census · Demographic economics · Disadvantage · Economic growth · Economics · Entrepreneurship · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Human capital · Logistic regression · Metropolitan area · Odds · Political science · Population · Self-employment · Sociology · Demography · Gender Studies · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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