Female Proclivity to the World of Business

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Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 465-480

  Constant, Amelie ^a,b  

^a IZA   (Germany)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; IMMIGRANT; SELF EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 33750168612     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2006.00345.x     Document Type: Article

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