University of Denver
Breaking Down Barriers: The Impact of Segregation on Social Capital and Economic Outcomes
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>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.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Year dc:date.available
- 2023
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Bennett, Donyetta A.
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Jack Strauss
- Anthony Holder
- Young Jin Lee
Subjects
dc:subject × 12Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- <p>Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.</p>
- Language dc:language
- English (eng)
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/2255
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:digitalcommons.du.edu:etd-3251