What determines self-employment? A comparative study

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-232

  Livanos, Ilias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; LABOR SUPPLY; OCCUPATION; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; SELF EMPLOYMENT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 58949083825     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850601018320     Document Type: Article

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