A quintessential immigrant niche? The non-case of immigrants in the Dutch construction industry

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 355-372

  Rath, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Ethnic niches; Immigrant entrepreneurship; Mixed embeddedness; Social capital

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENTREPRENEUR; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LABOR PARTICIPATION;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0036820343     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0898562022000013158     Document Type: Article

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