Self-employment of immigrants: A cross-national study of 17 western societies

Social Forces

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 709-732

  Van Tubergen, Frank ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 30744461354     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2006.0039     Document Type: Article

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