Proprietorship and unemployment in the United States

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 289-309

  Gohmann, Stephan F ^a   Fernandez, Jose M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Proprietorship; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892900106     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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