Occupational closure and immigrant entrepreneurship: Russian Jews in Israel

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 597-610

  Mesch, Gustavo S ^a   Czamanski, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031498150     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-5357(97)90060-3     Document Type: Article

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