Self-employment, Gender and Migration

International Review of Sociology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-76

  Apitzsch, Ursula ^a   Kontos, Maria ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0344198485     PISSN: 03906701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0390670032000086989     Document Type: Review

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