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. …

inducing entrepreneurs to choose less risky projects, whereas R&D support encourages entrepreneurship without affecting the …This paper examines how entrepreneurs and incumbents differ in R&D strategies. We show that entrepreneurs have …. However, entrepreneurs may still select too safe projects from a social point of view, since they do not internalize the …

We investigate entry in a dynastic entrepreneurship (overlapping generations) environment created by employee spinoffs …

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 … the period from January 1996 to February 2000. Examining the post-boom period, we find that entrepreneurship rates in …

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

This paper shows that globalization has far-reaching implications for the economy's fertility rate and family structure … with employer-employee linked data for Denmark, we show that lower labor market opportunities due to Chinese import … divorces. This shift is driven largely by women, not men. Correspondingly, the negative earnings implications of the rising …