We estimate the effect of broadband infrastructure, which enables high-speed internet, on economic growth in the panel … diffusion model where pre-existing voice-telephony and cable-TV networks predict maximum broadband penetration. We find that a … 10 percentage-point increase in broadband penetration raises annual per-capita growth by 0.9-1.5 percentage points …

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 …

We study the link between homeownership, mortgage debt, and entrepreneurship using a model of occupational choice and … homeowners start a business; and (ii) the negative relation between mortgage debt and entrepreneurship is more pronounced when … income volatility is higher. Our model further predicts that the relation between housing wealth and entrepreneurship is …

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

Indian immigrants in the United States and other wealthy countries are successful in entrepreneurship. Using Census … Kingdom and Canada -- we examine the performance of Indian entrepreneurs and explanations for their success. We find that … business income of Indian entrepreneurs in the United States is substantially higher than the national average and is higher …

spin out. This is shown to predict the association of co-ethnic networks with high rates of entrepreneurship and the …

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 …

measure of entrepreneurship derived from matching files from the Current Population Survey (CPS) is used to provide the first …. Estimates indicate that hi-tech entrepreneurship rates were lower in Silicon Valley than the rest of the United States during … the period from January 1996 to February 2000. Examining the post-boom period, we find that entrepreneurship rates in …