CREATING JOBS? EMPLOYMENT IN WOMEN-OWNED MINORITY BUSINESSES

The topic of employment is central in both scholarly and public policy discussions of minority enterprise, yet few studies have examined the creation of jobs in businesses owned by minority women. We address this oversight by analyzing Dun and Bradstreet data on businesses owned by Asian, Hispanic,...

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Published in:Journal of business & entrepreneurship 2004-10, Vol.16 (2), p.55
Main Authors: Smith-Hunter, Andrea E, Boyd, Robert L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asian Americans
Asian people
Black people
Correlation analysis
Economic development
Employees
Endowment
Entrepreneurs
Hispanic Americans
Job creation
Labor market
Minority & ethnic groups
Minority owned businesses
Regression analysis
Sales
Self employment
Sex discrimination
Studies
Women
Women owned businesses
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Summary:The topic of employment is central in both scholarly and public policy discussions of minority enterprise, yet few studies have examined the creation of jobs in businesses owned by minority women. We address this oversight by analyzing Dun and Bradstreet data on businesses owned by Asian, Hispanic, and Black women, focusing on the relationship between number of employees (the dependent variable) and sale volume and net worth (the explanatory variables). Our results show that this relationship is positive and is stronger for businesses owned by Asian and Hispanic women than for businesses owned by Black women. We suspect that the difference exists because the firms of Asian and Hispanic women are situated in ethnic enclaves that bolster the job creation capacity of these businesses. In conclusion, we recommend that researchers view minority women business owners as entrepreneurs who can generate jobs, not merely as "survivalists " who become self-employed only for the purpose of escaping gender discrimination in the workforce. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1042-6337