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 … aversion among women explains a large share of the entrepreneurial gender gap. We also find an education effect contributing to …

This paper investigates how direct election regimes (à la presidential democracy) affect the selection of women into …

differ in the presence of women among employee representatives. Our findings suggest that having female representatives at … the bargaining table can help transform workplaces to better meet women’s needs and ultimately close the gender gap. …

We analyze the effect of the coach's gender on risk-taking in women sports teams using data taken from National …

This paper explores the impact of credit market on the entrepreneurs and demand for credit in a credit constrained … due to presence/absence of entrepreneurs, i.e., low price of capital in autarky may reflect lack of demand for credit due … to scarcity of entrepreneurs and not capital abundance and eventually may lead to capital outflow from a capital scarce …

One of the leading theories of entrepreneurship is that less risk averse individuals become entrepreneurs and more risk …, retaining agent heterogeneity in risk aversion and the endogenous division of agents into less risk averse entrepreneurs and …