Jim Crow, Ethnic Enclaves, and Status Attainment: Occupational Mobility among U.S. Blacks, 1880-1940
dc.contributor.author | Ruef, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Grigoryeva, Angelina | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-02-09T16:16:22Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-02-09T16:16:22Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.date.updated | 2023-02-09T16:16:21Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Demographic and ecological theories yieldmixed evidence as to whether ethnic enclaves are a benefit or a hindrance to the status attainment of residents and entrepreneurs. This article provides one possible theoretical resolution by separating the positive effects that may emanate among co-ethnic neighbors from the negative effects that may resultwith the concentration of racial or ethnic groups. The theory is tested by analyzing occupational wage attainment and entrepreneurship among African-Americans between 1880 and 1940, a historical context in which Jim Crow laws imposed segregation exogenously. Drawing on crosssectional and panel census data for representative samples of blacks in theUnited States, the results suggest consistent upward occupational mobilityamong residents with same-race neighbors, accompanied with downward mobility among residents who are concentrated in larger racialized enclaves. Both patterns are also observed in the distribution of entrepreneurial activity among blacks during the Jim Crow era. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1537-5390 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1537-5390 | |
dc.identifier.uri | ||
dc.language | en | |
dc.publisher | University of Chicago Press | |
dc.relation.ispartof | American Journal of Sociology | |
dc.relation.isversionof | 10.1086/701020 | |
dc.subject | Social Sciences | |
dc.subject | Sociology | |
dc.subject | RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION | |
dc.subject | RACIAL SEGREGATION | |
dc.subject | IMMIGRANT ENCLAVES | |
dc.subject | NORTHERN CITIES | |
dc.subject | NEW-YORK | |
dc.subject | ENTREPRENEURSHIP | |
dc.subject | ENTERPRISE | |
dc.subject | NEIGHBORHOODS | |
dc.subject | DETERMINANTS | |
dc.subject | COMMUNITIES | |
dc.title | Jim Crow, Ethnic Enclaves, and Status Attainment: Occupational Mobility among U.S. Blacks, 1880-1940 | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
duke.contributor.orcid | Ruef, M|0000-0002-8134-1514 | |
pubs.begin-page | 814 | |
pubs.end-page | 859 | |
pubs.issue | 3 | |
pubs.organisational-group | Duke | |
pubs.organisational-group | Trinity College of Arts & Sciences | |
pubs.organisational-group | Sociology | |
pubs.organisational-group | Institutes and Provost's Academic Units | |
pubs.organisational-group | Initiatives | |
pubs.organisational-group | Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship | |
pubs.publication-status | Published | |
pubs.volume | 124 |
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