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Author: Pasumarty, Kishore
Resulting in 2 citations.
1. Dolinsky, Arthur Lewis
Caputo, Richard K.
Pasumarty, Kishore
Effects of Education on Business Ownership: a Longitudinal Study of Women
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 18,1 (Fall 1993): 43-53
Cohort(s): Mature Women
Publisher: Baylor University
Keyword(s): Educational Returns; Self-Employed Workers

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A study used data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Labor Market Experience (NLSLME) to track the long-term self-employed business ownership experience of women between 1969 and 1984, examining their initial entry into self-employment, their continued survivorship in self-employment, and their reentry into self-employment. According to the results of the study, about two-thirds of the women who enter self-employment leave it after roughly 3 years, and a sizable portion of those women who have not exited self-employment after a few years stay self-employed for the remainder of the study period. The data also reveal a significant degree of reentry into self-employment. Moreover, the incidence of initial entry, continuous stayer, and reentry status among the women in the sample is positively related to educational attainment. The study's implications for efforts to increase business ownership among economically disadvantaged women are discussed.
Bibliography Citation
Dolinsky, Arthur Lewis, Richard K. Caputo and Kishore Pasumarty. "Effects of Education on Business Ownership: a Longitudinal Study of Women." Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 18,1 (Fall 1993): 43-53.
2. Dolinsky, Arthur Lewis
Caputo, Richard K.
Pasumarty, Kishore
Long-Term Entrepreneurship Patterns: A National Study of Black and White Female Entry and Stayer Status Differences
Journal of Small Business Management 32,1 (January 1994): 18-26
Cohort(s): Mature Women
Publisher: International Council For Small Business (ICSB)
Keyword(s): Black Studies; Minority Groups; Racial Differences; Self-Employed Workers

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

This article examines the long-term self-employment rate differences between black and white women in the U.S. Data were taken from the National Longitudinal Survey of Labor Market Experience, that followed a sample of women from 1967-89. The approach uses a decompositional methodology to analyze black/white self-employment rate differences. Decomposition results indicate that differences in the probability of entry and differences in the pool of potential stayers account for about 90 percent of the overall self-employment rate difference between black and white women over the survey years considered. The study found that black women are far less likely to enter entrepreneurship than white women but that once they do they are only marginally less likely to stay. Moreover, the lower black entry probabilities directly translate into a smaller pool of potential black stayers and contribute to the black/white self-employment gap.
Bibliography Citation
Dolinsky, Arthur Lewis, Richard K. Caputo and Kishore Pasumarty. "Long-Term Entrepreneurship Patterns: A National Study of Black and White Female Entry and Stayer Status Differences." Journal of Small Business Management 32,1 (January 1994): 18-26.