Entrepreneurial ventures and wage differentials between Germans and immigrants

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 208-229

  Constant, Amelie ^a   Shachmurove, Yochanan ^b  

^a IZA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurs; Immigrants; Pay differentials; Self employed workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745466565     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720610672149     Document Type: Article

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