We document three new facts about entrepreneurship. First, a majority of male entrepreneurs start a firm in the same or …

entrepreneurship. Building on Guzman and Stern (2015a; 2015b), this paper offers new evidence to inform this debate by estimating … simultaneously account for both the quantity as well as the quality of entrepreneurship: the Entrepreneurial Quality Index (EQI …, measuring the average quality level among a group of start-ups within a given cohort), the Regional Entrepreneurship Cohort …

A central challenge in the measurement of entrepreneurship is accounting for the wide variation in entrepreneurial … quality distribution. Second, we propose two new economic statistics for the measurement of entrepreneurship: the … Entrepreneurship Quality Index (EQI) and the Regional Entrepreneurship Cohort Potential Index (RECPI). We use these indices to offer a …

in operation. The data show that serial entrepreneurship is relatively uncommon in retail trade. Of the almost 2 …

entrepreneurship which identifies survival with performance. Instead, many entrepreneurs aim for a cash-out (IPO or acquisition …

entrepreneurship, such as gender, business skills, and social networks. We find that entry regulation moderates the effect of business …, women are more likely to enter into entrepreneurship in countries with higher levels of entry regulation, but mainly because …. Furthermore, individuals who report having business skills are less likely to enter entrepreneurship in countries with higher …

We study the effects of ability and liquidity constraints on entrepreneurship. We develop a three sector Roy model that … on entry into entrepreneurship. The model predicts--and the data confirm--that entrepreneurs are positively selected on … positively selected on collateral, but other self-employed are not; and entrepreneurship is procyclical, but self-employment is …