Attributes influencing self-employment propensity in urban and rural Sweden

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 479-514

  Eliasson, Kent ^a,b   Westlund, Hans ^c,d,e  

^a Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^e IRSA (Institute for Developmental and Strategic Analyses)   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

M13; O18; R12

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICY; ENTREPRENEUR; HUMAN CAPITAL; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; LABOR MARKET; NATIONAL PLANNING; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; REGIONAL ECONOMY; RURAL ECONOMY; SELF EMPLOYMENT; URBAN ECONOMY;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84875537348     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-012-0501-9     Document Type: Article

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