@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp7298,
            	author={Chatterji, Aaron K. and Chay, Kenneth Y. and Fairlie, Robert W.},
            	title={The Impact of City Contracting Set-Asides on Black Self-Employment and Employment},
            	year={2013},
	month={Mar},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={7298},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp7298},
	abstract={In the 1980s, many U.S. cities initiated programs reserving a proportion of government contracts for minority-owned businesses. The staggered introduction of these set-aside programs is used to estimate their impacts on the self-employment and employment rates of African-American men. Black business ownership rates increased significantly after program initiation, with the black-white gap falling three percentage points. The evidence that the racial gap in employment also fell is less clear as it is depends on assumptions about the continuation of pre-existing trends. The black gains were concentrated in industries heavily affected by set-asides and mostly benefited the better educated.},
	keywords={entrepreneurship;self-employment;race;black;African-American;contracting;affirmative action},
            }