Entrepreneurship and income inequality in southern Ethiopia

Small Business Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-91

  Kimhi, Ayal ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Africa; Entrepreneurship; Ethiopia; Income inequality; Redistribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749111246     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-009-9196-4     Document Type: Article

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