Postmaterialism influencing total entrepreneurial activity across nations

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-185

  Uhlaner, Lorraine ^a,b,c   Thurik, Roy ^a,b,c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b EIM Group   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparative analysis of economies; Cultural economics; Entrepreneurship; Macro economic analyses of economic development; Self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847342909     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-006-0046-0     Document Type: Article

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