A Life Course Perspective on Occupational Inheritance: Self-employed Parents and their Children

Research in the Sociology of Organizations

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL., 2007, Pages 33-82

  Aldrich, Howard E ^a   Kim, Phillip H ^a  

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EID: 33847134266     PISSN: 0733558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-558X(06)25002-X     Document Type: Review

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