Entrepreneurship and earnings among young adults from disadvantaged families

Small Business Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 223-236

  Fairlie, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business owners; Disadvantaged; Entre preneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844446192     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-003-6457-5     Document Type: Review

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