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 …

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

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 …

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

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 …

We examine immigrant entrepreneurship and the survival and growth of immigrant-founded businesses over time relative to … into the United States, comprehensive data for quantifying immigrant entrepreneurship are difficult to assemble. We combine …

One of the leading theories of entrepreneurship is that less risk averse individuals become entrepreneurs and more risk … is intractable. In this note we prove this comparative static result on risk aversion and wages in general equilibrium …, retaining agent heterogeneity in risk aversion and the endogenous division of agents into less risk averse entrepreneurs and …

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

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 …