giving birth after a cutoff date, we study whether the option to return to a previous job increases entrepreneurship. A … regression discontinuity design reveals that longer job-protected leave increases entrepreneurship by 1.9 percentage points …

entrepreneurship. Building on Guzman and Stern (2015a; 2015b), this paper offers new evidence to inform this debate by estimating … simultaneously account for both the quantity as well as the quality of entrepreneurship: the Entrepreneurial Quality Index (EQI …, measuring the average quality level among a group of start-ups within a given cohort), the Regional Entrepreneurship Cohort …

In this paper, we highlight the potential for linked employer-employee data to be used in entrepreneurship research … entrepreneurship research. Linked employer-employee data provides a unique perspective on new business creation by combining …

We review both the theoretical and empirical literature on entrepreneurship and financial frictions, with an emphasis …

Entrepreneurship requires energy and creativity as well as business acumen. Some factors that contribute to … entrepreneurship may decline with age, but business skills increase with experience in high level positions. Having too many older … workers in society slows entrepreneurship. Older workers do not possess the advantages of youth, but more significant is that …

Entrepreneurship research is on the rise but many questions about its fundamental nature still exist. We argue that … entrepreneurship is about experimentation: the probabilities of success are low, extremely skewed and unknowable until an investment is …

in operation. The data show that serial entrepreneurship is relatively uncommon in retail trade. Of the almost 2 …