-up decision and can explain the gender gap in entrepreneurship. Applying a decomposition analysis, we observe that the higher risk …Why do entrepreneurship rates differ so markedly by gender? Using data from a large, representative German household …

Theories of market failures and targeting motivate the promotion of entrepreneurship training programs and generate …

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

We study the relationship between ethnicity, occupational choice, and entrepreneurship. Immigrant groups in the United … entrepreneurship. Empirical evidence from the United States supports our model's underlying mechanisms …

individual's decision to start a business is determined by his or her age and, therefore, that a change in a region's age …

attempt to attract immigrant entrepreneurs. Not surprisingly, a large body of research on immigrant entrepreneurship has … immigrant entrepreneurs' contributions to the economy, entrepreneurship differences across groups and group differences in … fundamental immigrant entrepreneurship issues as well as the empirical methods and data used. The main themes we address are …

We study the link between homeownership, mortgage debt, and entrepreneurship using a model of occupational choice and … homeowners start a business; and (ii) the negative relation between mortgage debt and entrepreneurship is more pronounced when … income volatility is higher. Our model further predicts that the relation between housing wealth and entrepreneurship is …

-cyclical pattern is examined by separating business creation into two components: “opportunity” and “necessity” entrepreneurship … operational definition of opportunity versus necessity entrepreneurship using readily available nationally representative data. We … consistent with the standard theoretical economic model of entrepreneurship. Using this definition we document that “opportunity …

opportunity cost of starting a business was also high during this period because of the exceptionally tight labor market. A new … measure of entrepreneurship derived from matching files from the Current Population Survey (CPS) is used to provide the first …. Estimates indicate that hi-tech entrepreneurship rates were lower in Silicon Valley than the rest of the United States during …