African Americans' pursuit of self-employment

Small Business Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-86

  Lofstrom, Magnus ^a   Bates, Timothy ^b  

^a PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Entrepreneurship; Entry barriers; Self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874215520     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-011-9347-2     Document Type: Article

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