Racial Capitalism and Entrepreneurship: An Intersectional Feminist Labour Market Perspective on UK Self-Employment

Martinez Dy, Angela ORCID: 0000-0002-2737-311X, Jayawarna, Dilani ORCID: 0000-0002-5111-0096 and Marlow, Susan ORCID: 0000-0003-4550-3747 (2024) Racial Capitalism and Entrepreneurship: An Intersectional Feminist Labour Market Perspective on UK Self-Employment. Sociology.

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Abstract

<jats:p> This article explains entrepreneurial activity patterns in the United Kingdom labour market using theories of racial capitalism and intersectional feminism. Using UK Office for National Statistics Labour Force Survey data 2018–2019 and employing probit modelling techniques on employment modes, self-employment types and work arrangements among differing groups, we investigate inequality in self-employment within and between socio-structural groupings of race, class and gender. We find that those belonging to non-dominant gender, race and socio-economic class groupings experience an intersecting set of entrepreneurial penalties, enhancing understanding of the ways multiple social hierarchies interact in self-employment patterns. This robust quantitative evidence challenges contemporary debates, policy and practice regarding the potential for entrepreneurship to offer viable income generation opportunities by those on the socio-economic margins. </jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	10 Reduced Inequalities, 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Management
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	06 Feb 2024 08:32
Last Modified:	03 Apr 2024 04:15
DOI:	10.1177/00380385241228444
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3178393