Disadvantage, Ethnic Niching or Pursuit of a Vision?: Motives of Immigrant Women Care Entrepreneurs in the Ageing Swedish Society

Journal of International Migration and Integration

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 423-440

  Hedberg, Charlotta ^a   Pettersson, Katarina ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Nordregio   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cross cultural economies; Culturally competent care; Ethnic and women's entrepreneurship; Ethnic economies; Sweden

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; CIVIL SOCIETY; CULTURAL ECONOMY; ENTREPRENEUR; ETHNIC GROUP; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER ROLE; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PARTICIPATION; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 84867742887     PISSN: 14883473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12134-011-0217-1     Document Type: Article

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