Enclaves and entrepreneurs: Assessing the payoff for immigrants and minorities

International Migration Review

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 344-388

  Logan, John R ^a   Alba, Richard D ^a   Stults, Brian J ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; ETHNIC MINORITY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042163096     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2003.tb00141.x     Document Type: Article

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