Self-employment of immigrants and natives in Sweden - a multilevel analysis

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 24, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 405-423

  Ohlsson, Henrik ^a   Broomé, Per ^b   Bevelander, Pieter ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

entrepreneurship; immigrants; integration; multilevel logistic regression; self employment

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; ENTREPRENEUR; IMMIGRANT; LABOR MARKET; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SELF EMPLOYMENT;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84861958413     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2011.598570     Document Type: Article

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