also reinforce the prior evidence on the intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurship. …

We ask whether local agglomeration affects how recessions impact on entrepreneurship by comparing the probability of …-in-differences" approach, we find that for males aged 40 to 55, who are more likely to be entrepreneurs, the negative effect of the recession … on entrepreneurship has been sharper in areas with industrial districts. After examining alternative explanations …

entrepreneurship in high-value added activities has made limited contributions to this growth, in part because of a weak business …

access in promoting entrepreneurship among informal sector firms in India. Our results are robust to alternative … entrepreneurs than men in the informal sector. …

, entrepreneurship is more resilient, and the ratio of female-to-male entrepreneurs in opportunity-motivated entrepreneurship higher. …This paper investigates the relationship between state-based conflict and entrepreneurship. From a survey of the … opportunity-motivated forms of entrepreneurship, and (2) a positive association with unproductive and necessity-motivated forms of …

(MSME). In a framework where established entrepreneurs can enforce contracts informally using their network ties and hierarchical … advantage, we argue that an efficient formal judiciary helps entrepreneurs without any ties to informal business networks … representative MSME survey data. Empirically, we treat entrepreneurs from disadvantaged castes (SC-ST) as those without traditional …

Limited access to finance is one of the major barriers for women entrepreneurs in Africa. This paper presents a model … lack of collateral assets such as land, female entrepreneurs have more constrained access to credit than do men. Testing …