Why do entrepreneurship rates differ so markedly by gender? Using data from a large, representative German household …-up decision and can explain the gender gap in entrepreneurship. Applying a decomposition analysis, we observe that the higher risk …

A large body research shows a positive relationship between wealth and entrepreneurship and interprets the relationship … entrepreneurship and a different measure of wealth – net housing equity – for the two groups. Second, we examine the liquidity …

We investigate entry in a dynastic entrepreneurship (overlapping generations) environment created by employee spinoffs …

One of the leading theories of entrepreneurship is that less risk averse individuals become entrepreneurs and more risk …

Theories of market failures and targeting motivate the promotion of entrepreneurship training programs and generate …

opportunities in the wage/salary sector leaving the net effect on entrepreneurship ambiguous. The most up-to-date microdata … entrepreneurship at the individual level to shed light on this question. Regression estimates indicate that local labor market … conditions are a major determinant of entrepreneurship. Higher local unemployment rates are found to increase the probability …

Most studies investigating the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic growth treat entrepreneurs as a … countries participating in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor we investigate whether the impact on growth depends on socio …-demographic diversity in entrepreneurship (in terms of age, education and gender). We find that in less developed countries older and higher …