Earnings, independence or unemployment: Why become self-employed?

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 253-266

  Taylor, Mark P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 17644396077     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.1996.mp58002003.x     Document Type: Article

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