The Effect of Social Capital on White, Korean, Mexican and Black Business Owners' Earnings in the US
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3609615 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Z Valdez (0000-0001-6299-8206, Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 955-973 |
| Publication date | 2008-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Community (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13691830802211265 |
| OpenAlex | W2061751768 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 54 |
Previous research on ethnic entrepreneurship suggests that social capital facilitates enterprise. This study considers how social capital affects ethnic entrepreneurs’ economic success. Using the non-public Characteristics of Business Owners Survey, I examine the earnings-returns of four groups with disparate rates of business ownership in the United States: non-Hispanic Whites, Koreans, Mexicans and Blacks. Traditional sociological approaches rooted in social capital arguments emphasise the primacy of group membership in facilitating entrepreneurial participation, which is associated with economic success. My findings suggest that social capital facilitates entrepreneurial participation; however, it is human and market capital that are essential for economic success. Furthermore, I find that social capital sometimes has a detrimental effect on earnings. The article underscores the crucial role of human and market capital and the limits of social capital in facilitating entrepreneurs’ economic success
Business · Demographic economics · Earnings · Economic capital · Economic growth · Economics · Entrepreneurship · Ethnic group · Financial capital · Human capital · Individual capital · Labour economics · Social capital · Social mobility · Social reproduction · Social science · Social status · Sociology · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Finance
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Mexico, a Country for Immigrant Business
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Skills on the Move
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Invisible struggles
Subversive Self-Employment
Ethnic entrepreneurship and the question of agency
Mexican Immigrant Gardeners
Self-employment and Civic Inclination
Commercial Gentefication as Occupational Activism
Employment, Social Networks and Undocumented Migrants
Economic empathyin family entrepreneurship
Intersectionality, the household economy, and ethnic entrepreneurship
Ethnic communities in business
Ethnic Entrepreneurs
Economic Action and Social Structure
City on the Edge
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Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital
The Truly Disadvantaged
Latin Journey
Doing Business in Minority Markets
Unravelling the Rag Trade
Immigrant America
Ethnicity and Entrepreneurship
Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Ethnic Enterprise in America
The Sociology of Economic Life
Nonresponse Bias and Business Turnover Rates
Economic Action and Social Structure
The Changing Significance of Ethnic and Class Resources in Immigrant Businesses
Ethnic Resources Utilization of Korean Immigrant Entrepreneurs in the Chicago Minority Area
The Changing Significance of Ethnic and Class Resources in Immigrant Businesses
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Race, Self-Employment and Upward Mobility
Small Business and Japanese American Ethnic Solidarity
Social Capital of Black Business Owners
Consumer Discrimination and Self-Employment
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Embeddedness and Immigration
The road to parity
Birds of Passage
Immigrant Self-Employment
Self-Employment and the Earnings of Immigrants
Returns on Human Capital in Ethic Enclaves
The Enclave and the Entrants
Limits of Ethnic Solidarity in the Enclave Economy
Primary, Secondary, and Enclave Labor Markets
Families, Human Capital, and Small Business
Ethnic Economies in Metropolitan Regions
Beyond the Ethnic Enclave Economy
Self-Employment in Britain
Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital
Linking Action to Social Structure within a System
Gaining the upper hand
Immigrant enterprise
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,82 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2025 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |