Culture and entrepreneurship? African American and immigrant self-employment in the United States

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1999-2019

  Bogan, Vicki ^a   Darity Jr , William ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Minority; Self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849097591     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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