Gender differences in self-employment

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 321-342

  Georgellis, Yannis ^b   Wall, Howard J ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Gender differences; German labour market; Self employment

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; SELF EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 21044436897     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02692170500119854     Document Type: Article

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