Does labor diversity promote entrepreneurship?

Economics Letters

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-19

  Marino, Marianna ^a   Parrotta, Pierpaolo ^b,c   Pozzoli, Dario ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Labor diversity; Transitions to self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856345677     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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