Survival of the fittest? An analysis of self-employment duration in Britain

Economic Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 454, 1999, Pages 140-155

  Taylor, Mark P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; EMPLOYMENT; SELF EMPLOYMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032986286     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00422     Document Type: Article

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