This paper extends prior theory linking present-day sex ratios to present-day propensity for entrepreneurship among men … backward in time to explore the long-run gender origins of entrepreneurship. We argue that present-day propensity for … entrepreneurship among men will be higher in neighbourhoods which had historically high sex ratios. We propose that high sex ratios …

-owned businesses work fewer hours and may have different preferences for the goals of their business. -- Female entrepreneurship …

for men, those who live in ethnic enclaves. -- entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; Mexico ; Mexican-Americans …

. -- Entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; returns to education employment …

The transition economies have lower rates of entrepreneurship than are observed in most developed and developing market …. -- Entrepreneurship ; formal and informal sectors ; shadow economy ; institutional arrangements ; comparative studies of countries …

spells in entrepreneurship versus wage employment, thereby accounting for selectivity into entrepreneurial positions based on … control over the profitable employment of their human capital than wage employees. -- Entrepreneurship ; self …

This paper estimates an unobserved components model to explore the macro dynamics of entrepreneurship in Spain and the … US. We ask whether entrepreneurship exhibits hysteresis, defined as a macro dynamic structure in which cyclical … fluctuations have persistent effects on the natural rate of entrepreneurship. We find evidence of hysteresis in Spain, but not the …