Hispanic self-employment: Does gender matter?

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-94

  Zuiker, Virginia Solis ^a   Katras, Mary Jo ^a   Montalto, Catherine P ^b   Olson, Patricia D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Gender; Hispanic; Human capital; Self employment; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037265693     PISSN: 07399863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739986303251697     Document Type: Article

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