Ethnic enclaves and the earnings of self-employed Latinos

Small Business Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 413-425

  Aguilera, Michael Bernabé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuban immigrant; Earnings; Ethnic enclaves; Mexican immigrant; Self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 76049095122     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-009-9206-6     Document Type: Article

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