Joanna Nestorowicz. 2011.

Known Knowns and Known Unknowns of Immigrant Self-employment. Selected issues

CMR Working Papers, Nr 45(103)

Abstract

The paper presents a review of selected definitional issues, theoretical concepts and most recent empirical evidence related to the phenomenon of immigrant self-employment. Based on the appraisal of gathered material it also points to possible areas of development of future research in the field.

Keywords

migration, self-employment, ethnic entrepreneurship, middleman minority, ethnic enclave, literature review, state of the art

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