Pushed out or pulled in? Self-employment among ethnic minorities in England and Wales

Labour Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 603-628

  Clark, Kenneth ^a   Drinkwater, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Ethnic minorities; J23; J7; Self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038365746     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(00)00015-4     Document Type: Article

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