Gender and field of study as determinants of self-employment

Small Business Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-185

  Leoni, Thomas ^a   Falk, Martin ^a  

^a AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH WIFO   (Austria)

Author keywords

Economics of gender; Human capital, skills; Labour force composition; Professional labour markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 76049090061     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-008-9114-1     Document Type: Article

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