Self-employment and the earnings of immigrants

American Sociological Review

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 219-230

  Portes, Alejandro ^a   Zhou, Min ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC RETURNS; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; SELF-EMPLOYMENT;

USA;

EID: 0030446444     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2096332     Document Type: Article

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