Labor market assimilation and the self-employment decision of immigrant entrepreneurs

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 83-114

  Lofstrom, Magnus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Immigration; Self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036002991     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00003841     Document Type: Article

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