ETHNICITY AND SELF-EMPLOYMENT EARNINGS IN BRITAIN 1973-95

Citation
K. Clark et al., ETHNICITY AND SELF-EMPLOYMENT EARNINGS IN BRITAIN 1973-95, Applied economics letters, 5(10), 1998, pp. 631-634
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
ISSN journal
13504851
Volume
5
Issue
10
Year of publication
1998
Pages
631 - 634
Database
ISI
SICI code
1350-4851(1998)5:10<631:EASEIB>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Using data from the General Household Survey 1973-95, it is shown that there were substantial differences between the earnings of whites and nonwhites in the self-employment sector of the British labour market over the period. Fitting a model of earnings determination which takes account of sample selectivity allows these differences to be decompos ed into characteristics and coefficients effects. It turns out that bo th are important. Further decomposition reveals a crucial role for dif ferences in the amount of schooling received by whites and nonwhites a nd in the returns to age, gender, marital status and qualifications.