Nobody's business but my own: Self-employment and small enterprise in economic development

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 219-233

  Gollin, Douglas ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm size distribution; Self employment; Small enterprise

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349176898     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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