Entrepreneurship and welfare

Small Business Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-79

  Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Entrepreneurship; Quantile regressions; Self employment; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749097484     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-009-9195-5     Document Type: Article

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