The role of dissatisfaction and per capita income in explaining self-employment across 15 European countries

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 447-466

  Noorderhaven, Niels ^a   Thurik, Roy ^b   Wennekers, Sander ^c   Van Stel, André ^d  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c EIM Group   (Netherlands)

^d NONE

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EID: 17444376228     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2004.00057.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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