Employment Risk, Returns, and Entrepreneurship

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 238-251

  Low, Sarah A ^a   Weiler, Stephan ^b  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

employment portfolio; employment risk; entrepreneurship; establishment births; self employment

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ENTREPRENEUR; INCENTIVE; LABOR MARKET; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SELF EMPLOYMENT; URBAN AREA; WAGE;

EID: 84863996703     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: 15523543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242412452445     Document Type: Article

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