Spatial variations in intergenerational transmission of self-employment

Regional Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 319-332

  Niittykangas, Hannu ^a   Tervo, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Intergenerational transfer; Logit analysis; Micro data; Self employment; Spatial differences

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LOGIT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 20644446656     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400500087166     Document Type: Article

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