university participation has been increasing. We use the Linear Probability and Logit models to investigate the determinants of … attending university and explore the reasons for the increasing gender imbalance. We find that, in gender-specific equations … explaining the rising level of the university participation rate for women and men. The important variables include a time trend …

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 …

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 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 …