Ethnic and racial self-employment differences and possible explanations

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 757-793

  Fairlie, Robert W ^a   Meyer, Bruce D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RACIAL DIFFERENCE; SELF-EMPLOYMENT RATE;

USA;

EID: 0030427228     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/146146     Document Type: Article

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