Self-employment and local economic performance: Evidence from US counties

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 141-161

  Rupasingha, Anil ^a   Goetz, Stephan J ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment growth; Income growth; Non farm proprietorship; Poverty; Self employment; Spatial effects

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; GROWTH MODELING; INCOME; LOCAL ECONOMY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SPATIAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874555402     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2011.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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