Individual characteristics vs. city structural characteristics: Explaining self-employment differences among Chinese, Japanese, and Filipinos in the United States

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 341-359

  Mar, Don ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese, Japanese, and Chinese in the United States; Self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 14744293049     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2004.09.019     Document Type: Article

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