1st Edition
Racial Discrimination and Minority Business Enterprise Evidence from the 1990 Census
By Jon S. Wainwright
Copyright 2000
170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
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Using a large microdata sample from the most recent decennial census, this book documents the economic disparities facing minority-owned business owners relative to non-minorities. The book incorporates a wide range of geographic and industrial categories and demonstrates that these disparities persist even when other important factors such as education, experience, wealth and family structure... Read more
Preface; Tables and Figures; Chapter 1: Economists in the Courtroom; Institutional and Neoclassical Theories of Economic Discrimination; Economists in the Courtroom; Public Sector Affirmative Action for Minority Business Enterprises; Constitutional Controversies over Affirmative Action for Minority Business Enterprises; The Aftermath of Croson and Adarand ; Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Business Enterprise; Notes; Chapter 2: Documenting Business Disparities; Introduction: Croson and the Importance of Geographic and Industrial Detail; Available Data Sources for Analyzing Minority Business Enterprise; The Dataset Prepared for This Study; Estimates of Nation-wide and Economy-wide Disparities in Racial and Ethnic Self-Employment Rates and Earnings; Estimates of Disaggregated Disparities in Racial and Ethnic Self-Employment Rates and Earnings; Notes; Chapter 3: Business Disparities and Discrimination; Business Ownership Analysis; Business Owner Earnings Analysis: Oaxaca's Measure of Pay Discrimination; Specification of the Dependent and Independent Variables; Results of Business Ownership Analyses; Results of Business Earnings Analyses; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index
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Jon S. Wainwright
