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 …

We explore the role of different types of self-employment for a persistence of the regional level of entrepreneurship … regarded a rather weak form of entrepreneurship. …

spells in entrepreneurship versus wage employment, thereby accounting for selectivity into entrepreneurial positions based on …

employee, while the median solo entrepreneur earns less. However, solo entrepreneurship pays for those with a university …

Emerging literature shows that spatial differences in entrepreneurship tend to persist over longer periods of time. A … regional culture and a supporting environment in favor of entrepreneurship that particularly involves social capital. This … chapter summarizes the available empirical evidence on the regional persistence of entrepreneurship and elaborates in detail …

We use the historical self-employment rate as an indicator of a regional culture of entrepreneurship and link this … measure to economic growth in recent periods. The results indicate that German regions with a high level of entrepreneurship … a regional culture of entrepreneurship is an important resource for regional growth. …

A common finding in the entrepreneurship literature is that business creation increases in recessions. This counter …-cyclical pattern is examined by separating business creation into two components: "opportunity" and "necessity" entrepreneurship … entrepreneurship, there are many challenges to creating a definition that is both objective and empirically feasible. We propose an …

We study the impact of improved rail access on entrepreneurship rates in England and Wales. We use data from the Census … support local entrepreneurship and economic activity, contributing to regional development and reducing economic inequality. …