TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-employed Hispanics and Hispanic wage earners
T2 - Differences in earnings
AU - Olson, Patricia D.
AU - Zuiker, Virginia Solis
AU - Montalto, Catherine Phillips
PY - 2000/2
Y1 - 2000/2
N2 - The influence of employment sector on the income of Hispanics is examined using data from the 1990 U.S. Decennial Census. Human capital theory is augmented with measures of acculturation, and income equations are estimated separately for self-employed Hispanics and Hispanic wage earners. The results suggest that self-employment offers economic benefits. The importance of acculturation varies by employment sector. Decomposition of the differences in income between self-employed Hispanics and Hispanic wage earners indicates that these income differences are due more to differences in worker characteristics between the two employment sectors than to differences in rates of return to these characteristics.
AB - The influence of employment sector on the income of Hispanics is examined using data from the 1990 U.S. Decennial Census. Human capital theory is augmented with measures of acculturation, and income equations are estimated separately for self-employed Hispanics and Hispanic wage earners. The results suggest that self-employment offers economic benefits. The importance of acculturation varies by employment sector. Decomposition of the differences in income between self-employed Hispanics and Hispanic wage earners indicates that these income differences are due more to differences in worker characteristics between the two employment sectors than to differences in rates of return to these characteristics.
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U2 - 10.1177/0739986300221007
DO - 10.1177/0739986300221007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0034134718
SN - 0739-9863
VL - 22
SP - 114
EP - 130
JO - Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences
JF - Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences
IS - 1
ER -
