Factors Associated with Latino-Owned Business Survival in the United States
This article uses 127,000 observations from three confidential Census microdata sets at the individual firm and establishment level to investigate Latino-owned business survival. The merged microdata allows us to control for a wide array of personal, business, and regional characteristics. The analy...
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Published in | The Review of regional studies Vol. 49; no. 1 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
01.01.2019
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | This article uses 127,000 observations from three confidential Census microdata sets at the individual firm and establishment level to investigate Latino-owned business survival. The merged microdata allows us to control for a wide array of personal, business, and regional characteristics. The analysis is based on hazard model. Relative to base categories, we find the following decrease in the odds of survival: Latina-owned, Puerto Rican owned, and selling to the federal government. Owner education and low barrier sectors have no effect, while start-up from personal savings increase the odds by 4 percent. The findings inform ways to expand regional economies through businesses operated by Latinos. |
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ISSN: | 0048-749X 1553-0892 |
DOI: | 10.52324/001c.7933 |