Do the unemployed become successful entrepreneurs?

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 604-626

  Andersson, Pernilla ^a   Wadensjö, Eskil ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Income; Self employment; Sweden; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748982117     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720710830070     Document Type: Article

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