Ethnic minority business and the employment of illegal immigrants

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-150

  Jones, Trevor ^a   Ram, Monder ^a   Edwards, Paul ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnic minority enterprise; Illegality; Informal economy

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; ECONOMY OF SCALE; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNICITY; ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT;

EID: 33644608193     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620500531865     Document Type: Article

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