programs (ALMP) affect the transition rates from unemployment to regular employment and entrepreneurship. We find that the …Based on administrative registers from Norway, we examine how unemployment insurance (UI) and active labor market … entrepreneurship hazard is highly responsive with respect to UI incentives, and that the probability of starting up a new business …

We examine the impact of job loss on entrepreneurship behavior in Norway. Our identification strategy relies on the use …

conditions are a major determinant of entrepreneurship. Higher local unemployment rates are found to increase the probability … 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 …

what extent business cycles or unemployment levels influence entries into entrepreneurship. Our analysis for Germany … reveals that there is a positive relationship between unemployment rates and start-up activities. Moreover, new business … disentangling periods of low and high unemployment we find that the effect of unemployment on new business formation is only …

: the entrepreneurship rate and the fraction of small firms fall with per capita income across countries, while average firm …'s potential payoffs in working and in entrepreneurship. If some firms consistently benefit more from technological progress than …

We extend Lazear's theory of skills variety and entrepreneurship in three directions. First, we provide a theoretical …, but also commercial value. Our findings support the notion that entrepreneurship can be learned. …

particular focus on developing countries (DCs). In particular, the same concept of "entrepreneurship" will be critically …