Transmission of self-employment across immigrant generations: The importance of ethnic background and gender

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 555-577

  Andersson, Lina ^a   Hammarstedt, Mats ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abilities; Immigrants; Intergenerational transmission; Self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255141873     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: 15737152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-010-9102-5     Document Type: Article

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