Hispanic Self-employment in the Southwest: Rising Above the Threshold of Poverty

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Taylor & Francis, 1998 - Business & Economics - 135 pages
Self-employment is an option that has been considered a viable economic alternative for minority populations facing barriers to gainful employment in the traditional wage and salary labor market in the U.S. This book examines whether self-employment is an opportunity that will enable the Hispanic householder who resides in the Southwest portion of the United States to earn a living that will keep his/her household above the threshold of poverty. (Ph.D. Dissertation, Ohio State University, 1997; revised with new Introduction and Preface.)

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Contents

Purposes and Objectives of the Study
10
Individual and Relationship Capital
26
Assimilation Theory
35
A Framework to Evaluate Hispanic SelfEmployment
45
Methodology
51
Objective Three
76
SelfEmployment Decision
86
Appendices
119
Index
133
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