TY - JOUR
T1 - Entrepreneurship, ethnicity and local contexts
T2 - Hispanic entrepreneurs in three U.S. southern metropolitan areas
AU - Wang, Qingfang
AU - Li, Wei
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments We thank Carlos Teixeira and the anonymous reviewer for their comments which help strengthen our article. Qingfang Wang’s research for this study is financially supported by UNC Charlotte Urban Institute’s Faculty Fellows Research Stipend Program. Wei Li is grateful to the Canada-US Fulbright Foundation and the
PY - 2007/2
Y1 - 2007/2
N2 - Previous research suggests that entrepreneurship can provide ethnic minorities a springboard for economic advancement and social integration. However, self-employment rates vary significantly among ethnic groups, between men and women, and in different places. The prevailing literature suggests that personal characteristics, including human capital attributes, ethnic networking, institutional regulations, societal structures and discrimination, all contribute to the differential ethnic entrepreneurship rates. However, very few recent studies have analyzed how different urban socio-economic contexts influence this process. Using the 2000 Public Usable Microdata Samples (PUMS), this study examines how Hispanic entrepreneurs perform in three different metropolitan areas in the US South. The results show that the ethnic diversity, history of immigration, and the economic structure in each local area have provided different opportunities and challenges for Hispanics to start up and maintain their own businesses. This study suggests that the process of economic incorporation of ethnic minorities and immigrants depends significantly on the institutional capacity and social, cultural and political resources of local communities.
AB - Previous research suggests that entrepreneurship can provide ethnic minorities a springboard for economic advancement and social integration. However, self-employment rates vary significantly among ethnic groups, between men and women, and in different places. The prevailing literature suggests that personal characteristics, including human capital attributes, ethnic networking, institutional regulations, societal structures and discrimination, all contribute to the differential ethnic entrepreneurship rates. However, very few recent studies have analyzed how different urban socio-economic contexts influence this process. Using the 2000 Public Usable Microdata Samples (PUMS), this study examines how Hispanic entrepreneurs perform in three different metropolitan areas in the US South. The results show that the ethnic diversity, history of immigration, and the economic structure in each local area have provided different opportunities and challenges for Hispanics to start up and maintain their own businesses. This study suggests that the process of economic incorporation of ethnic minorities and immigrants depends significantly on the institutional capacity and social, cultural and political resources of local communities.
KW - American South
KW - Ethnic entrepreneurship
KW - Hispanics/Latinos
KW - Immigration
KW - Urban contexts
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U2 - 10.1007/s10708-007-9081-0
DO - 10.1007/s10708-007-9081-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34347359540
SN - 0343-2521
VL - 68
SP - 167
EP - 182
JO - GeoJournal
JF - GeoJournal
IS - 2-3
ER -