Resource Category: Minorities

  • May 27, 2015
    Best Cities for Minorities: Gauging the Economics of Opportunity By Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox for the Center for Opportunity…
  • November 10, 2011
    Using microdata from the 2001-2009 American Community Surveys, the 2000 U.S. decennial census, and the 2001-2011 Current Population Surveys, this…
  • November 10, 2011
    The Gazelle Index is a new national quarterly survey of the current conditions, optimism and future hiring plans of high-performing…
  • February 19, 2011
    The Dolores Huerta Foundation set out to launch a micro-lending pilot program, building capacity by researching small business curricula and…
  • December 19, 2009
    This paper compares earnings of Latina entrepreneurs to both Latina wage/salary workers and to self-employed female non-Hispanic whites. Latina entrepreneurs…
  • August 20, 2009
    Latinos play an important role in the self-employment growth. Fueled by immigration, they are the largest and fastest growing minority…
  • January 19, 2009
    This paper analyzes causes of the low self-employment rate among Mexican-Americans by studying self-employment entry and exits. Importantly, the authors…
  • November 20, 2008
    The Center for Women's Business Research found that businesses owned by African American, Asian, and Hispanic women business owners substantially…
  • September 20, 2007
    This article examines causes of the low self-employment rates among Mexican-Hispanics by studying self-employment entry. The data show that Mexican-Hispanics…