Living and working in the city: The effect of central city residence on African American self-employment

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 585-596

  Smith, Danielle Taana ^a  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Central city residence; Entrepreneurship; Self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645742399     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: 15524566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934705277761     Document Type: Article

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