Author pages are created from data sourced from our academic publisher partnerships and public sources.
- Publications
- Influence
Entrepreneurship and Self-Help Among Black Americans: A Reconsideration of Race and Economics
- J. S. Butler
- Sociology
- 27 September 1991
www.sunypress.edu 11 Since its publication in 1991, Entrepreneurship and Self-Help among Black Americans has become a classic work, influencing the study of entrepreneurship and, more importantly,… Expand
The Effect of the Food Stamp Program on Nutrient Intake
- J. S. Butler, J. Raymond
- Economics
- 1 October 1996
Receipt of food stamps is often observed to be positively correlated with intake of nutrients. However, this observed fact could be the result of self-selection into the food stamp program by those… Expand
Ethnicity and Entrepreneurship in America: Toward an Explanation of Racial and Ethnic Group Variations in Self-Employment
- J. S. Butler, C. Herring
- Psychology
- 1 March 1991
Using data from the 1983–1987 General Social Surveys, this paper investigates the degree to which being self-employed is more prevalent within certain racial and ethnic groups than others. Those of… Expand
Option Value and Dynamic Programming Model Estimates of Social Security Disability Insurance Application Timing
- R. Burkhauser, J. S. Butler, G. Gumus
- Economics
- 1 November 2003
This paper develops dynamic structural models - an option value model and a dynamic programming model - of the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) application timing decision. We estimate the… Expand
All That We Can Be: Black Leadership And Racial Integration The Army Way
- C. Moskos, J. S. Butler
- Political Science
- 1996
* Foreword Richard C. Leone * Success StoryWith Caveats * Blacks in the Common Defense * Making It: Afro-Americans in Todays Army * Handling Contentious Issues * Preparing Soldiers for a Level… Expand
The importance of employer accommodation on the job duration of workers with disabilities: A hazard model approach
- R. Burkhauser, J. S. Butler, Y. Kim
- Business
- 1 June 1995
Abstract In line with policies long in place in Western Europe, United States disability policy is now attempting to intervene directly in the labor market to increase the employment of people with… Expand
Policing Multi-Ethnic Neighborhoods: The Miami Study and Findings for Law Enforcement in the United States
- J. S. Butler, Geoffrey P. Alpert, R. Dunham
- Political Science
- 26 September 1988
The Socio-Cultural Context of Police-Citizen Relations in Dade County, Florida Methods of Data Collection Police Task Evaluations Attitudes toward the Police and Policing Attitudes toward the Police… Expand