to be a reason not to start one's own business is important for the explanation of the gender gap in entrepreneurship …In western industrialized countries men are on average more than twice as active in entrepreneurship as women. Based on … data from a recent representative survey of the adult population in Germany this paper uses an empirical model for the …

in Germany. To explain the gender gap, a structural microeconometric model of the transition rates is estimated, which … rate, but only a small part of their lower entry rate. -- Entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; risk aversion ; gender …-employment and dependent employment are estimated separately by gender, accounting for non-random selection into the employment …

in Germany. To explain the gender gap, a structural microeconometric model of the transition rates is estimated, which …-employment and dependent employment are estimated separately by gender, accounting for non-random selection into the employment … states. The gender differential in the transition rates is decomposed using a novel extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca technique …

. -- Entrepreneurship ; gender difference ; start-up propensity ; decomposition analysis ; KfW Start-up Monitor ; Germany …Women start fewer businesses than men. The start-up rate among women in Germany falls short of males' start-up rate by … one third. We scrutinize this gender gap using individual-level data from the KfW Start-up Monitor, a large …

personality traits can explain a modest part of the gender gap in entrepreneurship: our estimates suggest 21%-32%. We also …-employment. -- Entrepreneurship ; Self-employment ; Gender differences ; Personality traits …A striking fact about entrepreneurship is that the number of male entrepreneurs greatly exceed the number of female …