We disaggregate the self-employed into incorporated and unincorporated to distinguish between "entrepreneurs" and other … "illicit" tendencies as youths accounts for both entry into entrepreneurship and the comparative earnings of entrepreneurs. In … contrast to past research, we find that entrepreneurs earn more per hour and work more hours than their salaried and …

the past decade. Our primary finding is that successful entrepreneurs are middle-aged, not young. The mean founder age for … successful entrepreneurs …

Managerial delegation is essential for firm growth. While firms in poor countries often shun outside managers and … entrepreneurs have fixed-time endowments to run their daily operations. As firms grow larger, the need to delegate decision …

Among typical entrepreneurs, is the serial entrepreneur more likely to succeed? If so, why? We answer these two …

We analyze a large-scale survey of owners, managers, and employees of small businesses in the United States to …

A randomized experiment among poor entrepreneurs tested the impact of exogenously inducing higher financial aspirations …

We explore how financial constraints distort the entry decisions among otherwise productive entrepreneurs and limit … growth of promising young firms. A model of liquidity-constrained entrepreneurs suggests that the easing of credit …