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 …

We propose a new method to design a short survey measure of a complex concept such as women's agency. The approach … measure agency for 209 women in Haryana, India, first, through a semi-structured interview and, second, through a large set of …

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

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

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 …

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 …

We present new empirical evidence on the distribution of earnings, income and wealth among entrepreneurs in Germany. We … document that both earnings and income are more concentrated among entrepreneurs than among workers and describe a large … of the German pay-as-you-go pension system in which entrepreneurs must also contribute and receive a pension. We show …

How do men and women differ in their persistence after experiencing failure in a competitive environment? We tackle … unequivocally due to merit, both men and women exhibit a significant decrease in subsequent tournament entry. However, when the … prior tournament is unfair, i.e., a loss is no longer necessarily based on merit, women are more discouraged than men. These …