Self-employment concentration and earnings among Mexican immigrants in the U.S.

Social Forces

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1021-1047

  Spener, David ^b   Bean, Frank D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033095913     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/77.3.1021     Document Type: Article

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