entrepreneurship, new business formation and a combination of the two, referred to as total entrepreneurial activity, as defined within … the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. The model is also tested for the rate of established businesses, as distinct from … effects. Data from 27 countries, world-wide, are used to test the hypotheses, based on intersecting data available from the …

Using a large data set for Germany, we show that both the raw and the unexplained gender earnings gap are higher in …

Using a large data set for Germany, we show that both the raw and the unexplained gender earnings gap are higher in …

impact of business accomplishments and gender on entrepreneurial self-image and explores the definition of entrepreneurship … university alumni associate with self-perceptions of entrepreneurship. Experience as a small business person (founding, running … separate expert panel study are used to rank business accomplishments according to degree of entrepreneur-ship. Results of both …

test this relationship combining data on business ownership from EIM's COMPENDIA data base and data on perceived …

The present paper examines the relationship between entrepreneurship, as measured by the variation in business … outlier in regard to the effects of entrepreneurship on unemployment when compared with the OECD average. Although the nature … of entrepreneurship may be different in the Portuguese case, due to a high proportion of "micro-businesses" created for …

This paper estimates an unobserved components model to explore the macro dynamics of entrepreneurship in Spain and the … US. We ask whether entrepreneurship exhibits hysteresis, defined as a macro dynamic structure in which cyclical … fluctuations have persistent effects on the natural rate of entrepreneurship. We find evidence of hysteresis in Spain, but not the …

This paper tests the importance of social contacts on entrepreneurship. To measure differences in the …. -- Occupational choice ; entrepreneurship ; social contacts …

Using a large representative German data set and various concepts of self-employment, this paper tests the “jack …-of-all-trades“ view of entrepreneurship by Lazear (AER 2004). Consistent with its theoretical assumptions we find that self … become self-employed and those ending up in paid employment. -- Entrepreneurship ; self-employed ; Germany …