Metropolitan characteristics and entrepreneurship among immigrants and ethnic groups in Canada

International Migration Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 703-727

  Razin, Eran ^a   Langlois, André ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEURSHIP; ETHNIC GROUP; IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY; LOCATIONAL VARIATION; SELF-EMPLOYMENT; URBAN EMPLOYMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 0030433168     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2547633     Document Type: Article

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