Stepping-stone to intergenerational mobility? The springboard, safety net, or mobility trap functions of Korean immigrant entrepreneurship for the second generation

International Migration Review

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 927-962

  Kim, Dae Young ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; IMMIGRANT; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; MOBILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 33751325101     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: 17477379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2006.00049.x     Document Type: Article

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