Consequences of self-employment for women and men in the United States

Labour Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 665-687

  Williams, Donald R ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Human capital; J16; J23; J24; Self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042784824     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(00)00017-8     Document Type: Article

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