intentions. However, empirical research aimed at establishing the importance of role models for (nascent) entrepreneurs is scarce … completed by a representative sample of 292 entrepreneurs in three major Dutch cities - entrepreneurs who have recently started …

We study risk behavior of Danish self-employed entrepreneurs, whose income risk may be driven by both exogenous factors …

Human capital obtained through education has been shown to be one of the strongest drivers of entrepreneurship … the possible stakeholders in the entrepreneur’s venture. The education distribution of the (local) population may thus … entrepreneurs. We find strong support for a positive relationship between enrolment rates in tertiary education in country <I …

levels. This is consistent with microeconomic theory and evidence showing that entrepreneurs with superior levels of human …

likely to become entrepreneurs. By not having taken this possible linkage into account, previous research has underestimated … the impacts both of risk aversion and balanced skills on the likelihood individuals choose entrepreneurship. Data on Dutch …-averse people might be suited to entrepreneurship; and it may also help explain why prior research has generated mixed evidence …

entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second … observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to human capital than employees. We present an intuitive model showing that … for higher returns to human capital for entrepreneurs. …

contradicts existing theoretical hypotheses which predict that entrepreneurship is pro-cyclical or not cyclical. We discuss …