Entrepreneurship or survival? Caste and gender of small business in India

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 48, Issue 28, 2013, Pages 38-49

  Deshpande, Ashwini ^a   Sharma, Smriti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

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EID: 84880306825     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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