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- Title
African American and Hispanic Self-Employment in the Charlotte Metropolitan Area.
- Authors
Qingfanf Wang
- Abstract
Using the Public Usable Microdata Samples (PUMS) in year 2000, this study examines the self-employment of U.S.-born blacks and foreign-born Hispanics in the Charlotte metropolitan area that has been transformed dramatically by immigration in recent decades. The industrial concentrationpatterns of the two groups indicate a possible succession between them depending on to what extent the local labor market is transformed by immigration. The ethnic diversity, history of immigration, and the economic structure in the local area have provided different opportunities and challenges for ethnic minorities and immigrants to start up and maintain their own businesses. This study suggests that the process of economic incorporation of ethnic minorities depends significantly on the institutional capacity and social, cultural, and political resources of local communities.
- Subjects
CHARLOTTE (N.C.); NORTH Carolina; SELF-employment; EMPLOYMENT of African Americans; EMPLOYMENT of Hispanic Americans; INDUSTRIAL concentration; LABOR market; CULTURAL pluralism; HISTORY of emigration & immigration
- Publication
Southeastern Geographer, 2011, Vol 51, Issue 1, p89
- ISSN
0038-366X
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1353/sgo.2011.0007