The effect of social capital on white, Korean, Mexican and black business owners' earnings in the US

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 955-973

  Valdez, Zulema ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Blacks; Ethnic Entrepreneurship; Koreans; Labour Market; Mexicans; Social Capital

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; ETHNIC MINORITY; INCOME; LABOR MARKET; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47949091386     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691830802211265     Document Type: Article

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