Gender Differences in Entrepreneurial Propensity

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 213-234

  Koellinger, Philipp ^a   Minniti, Maria ^b   Schade, Christian ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84874676315     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2011.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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