Social capital and the myth of minority self-employment: Evidence from Canada

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 625-644

  Nakhaie, Reza ^a   Lin, Xiaohua ^a   Guan, Jian ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Canada; Cross ethnic comparison; Industry patterns; Self Employment; Social capital

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; ETHNIC MINORITY; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67650079147     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691830902765244     Document Type: Article

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