Date of Award

2023

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Organizational Unit

Daniels College of Business

First Advisor

Jack Strauss

Second Advisor

Anthony Holder

Third Advisor

Young Jin Lee

Keywords

Economic outcomes, Entrepreneurship, Poverty, Race, Residential segregation, Social capital

Abstract

Breaking Down Barriers. Does social capital indirectly affect black/white economic outcomes via entrepreneurial activities? Does the relationship between social capital, entrepreneurship, and black/white economic outcomes change when social capital interacts with segregation? Drawing from Bourdieu's (1986) and Coleman’s (1990) social capital theory and prior scholars' regressive view theories of segregation, I propose that 1) social capital improves entrepreneurial activities and black/white economic outcomes, and 2) segregation’s interaction with social capital has an adverse effect on entrepreneurial activities and black/white economic outcomes. To perform the analysis, data were collected at the county- level from multiple sources and aggregated into one file by the Federal Information Processing Standard code (FIPS). The significance of the findings revealed that social capital has an effect on entrepreneurial activities and black/white economic outcomes. An increase in social capital works to increase black/white household income and reduce unemployment. The findings also suggest that segregation works to reduce entrepreneurial activities.

Copyright Date

8-2023

Copyright Statement / License for Reuse

All Rights Reserved
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Publication Statement

Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.

Rights Holder

Donyetta A. Bennett

Provenance

Received from ProQuest

File Format

application/pdf

Language

English (eng)

Extent

124 pgs

File Size

1.4 MB

Discipline

Business administration, Entrepreneurship

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