TRENDS IN SELF-EMPLOYMENT AMONG DIFFERENT RACE GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bu çalışmanın ana amacı Amerikada yaşayan yerli halk ve göçmenler arasındaki serbest meslekerbablığının eğilimini farklı ırk ve etnik kökenlere odaklanıp cari nüfus anket verisini kullanarak doğrusalolasılık modeli çerçevesinde incelemektir. Çalışmanın iki ana sonucu vardır. İlk olarak, çalışma göstermiştirki, göçmenlerin reel gelir seviyesi zamanla düşmesine rağmen, hala en az yerli halk kadar serbest meslekerbabi olma eğilimindedirler. İkinci olarak, Oaxaca ayrıştırma tekniği sonuçlarına göre, yerli halk vegöçmenler arasında ortalama grup karakteristikleri açısından çok küçük bir fark bulunmaktadır.

AMERİKA BİRLEŞİK DEVLETLERİNDE FARKLI ETNİK KÖKENLER ARASINDA SERBEST MESLEK ERBABLIĞI EĞİLİMİ

The main goal of this paper is to see the trends self-employment behavior of natives and immigrantsliving in the U.S. by focusing on different race and ethnic groups using the current population survey(CPS) data under a linear probability model framework. There are two main outcomes of this study.First, although the real income level of immigrants is decreasing over time, they still have the incentiveto be self-employed as much as the natives. Second, the Oaxaca decomposition technique results showthat there is a little difference between the average group characteristics of natives and immigrants.

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