Immigrant self-employment: The family as social capital and the value of human capital

American Sociological Review

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 231-249

  Sanders, Jimy M ^a   Nee, Victor ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology

^c Center for Advanced Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS RESOURCES; FAMILY COMPOSITION; HUMAN CAPITAL; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; SELF-EMPLOYMENT;

USA;

EID: 0030458948     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2096333     Document Type: Article

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