back home. We test the predictions of the model using data from Egypt. We find that, even after controlling for the …

The transition economies have lower rates of entrepreneurship than are observed in most developed and developing market …

one third. We scrutinize this gender gap using individual-level data from the KfW Start-up Monitor, a large …-scale population survey on start-up activity in Germany. As a unique feature, the data combine socio-demographic characteristics …, entrepreneurship-related attitudes, and general personality traits of both business starters and non-starters. Estimating binary choice …

Entrepreneurs out of necessity identified by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor survey are a sizeable group across …

This paper contrasts the determinants of entrepreneurial entry and high-growth aspiration entrepreneurship. Using the … Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) surveys for 42 countries over the period 1998-2005, we analyse how institutional … entrepreneurship, but has less pronounced effects for entrepreneurial entry. The availability of finance and the fiscal burden matter …

-2005 individual-level Global Entrepreneurship Monitor data merged with macro level variables. A simple correlation coefficient …

-level institutional indicators for 47 countries with working age population survey data taken from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor …

We develop entrepreneurship and institutional theory to explain variation in different types of entrepreneurship across … grow faster. We test these hypotheses using the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor surveys in 55 countries for 2001 …

limited research on the topic of entrepreneurship lock by using recent panel data from matched Current Population Surveys. We … matched monthly CPS data, we compare the probability of business ownership among male workers in the months just before … business ownership in the month individuals turn 65. Our estimates provide some evidence that entrepreneurship lock exists …