", policy incentives should be highly selective, favouring nascent entrepreneurs endowed with progressive motivation and …This survey paper aims at critically discussing the recent literature on firm formation and survival and the growth of … conclusion is that entry of new firms is heterogeneous with innovative entrepreneurs being found together with passive followers …

monthly self-employment earnings can be traced back to women working fewer hours than men. In contrast variables like family … that self-employed women do not earn less because they are seeking work-family balance rather than profits. Differences in …

-of-all-trades" view of entrepreneurship by Lazear (AER 2004). Consistent with its theoretical assumptions we find that self …

entrepreneurship on the basis of stated motivation, but with no evidence that being 'forced' into entrepreneurship through economic … necessity is a significant factor. Motivation towards entrepreneurship is therefore highly multidimensional. Multivariate … differences between men and women, with women concerned more with lifestyle factors and less with financial gain. Market …

substantial differences in the role of self-employment among low-skilled workers across gender and nativity – women and immigrants … substantially more financially rewarding option for most women. These findings raise the question of why low-skilled women enter … options and limited labor market opportunities in the wage/salary sector as motivating native born women to enter self …

-owned businesses have lower survival rates, profits, employment and sales. We find that female-owned businesses are less successful …

both high aspiration and low aspiration entrepreneurship. We also find that women benefit more from the larger informal …This paper compares the impact of institutions on individual decisions to become entrepreneurs in the form of new … hypotheses; that women are less likely to undertake entrepreneurial activity in countries where the rule of law is weaker; where …

surgery, our results suggest positive effects of surgery volumes on survival. In addition, we provide evidence on the …

This paper includes a survival analysis which attempts to explain the duration, as in the number of years a worker …

. However, it is often feared that the previously unemployed lack the basic qualifications to become entrepreneurs. Empirical …, industry, etc.) and of the business founders (education, motivation, preparation, etc.). We find that formerly unemployed … allows us to analyze the characteristics which drive success of the businesses. While survival rates 2.5 years after business …