" entrepreneurs. I use the estimated model to evaluate policies designed to promote entrepreneurship. …I investigate the mechanisms that drive sorting into entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial success among young … individuals. I use Canadian matched owner-employeremployee data to conduct my investigation. Empirically, older entrepreneurs and …

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

provides an explanation for the low rates of growth of enterprises supported by microlending. -- Entrepreneurship ; self …

to be associated with attitude to risk. -- entrepreneurship intentions ; attitude to risk ; gender difference …

standard measure of risk tolerance. We find that wealthy individuals are more likely to be entrepreneurs and invest a larger …

high levels increase this probability. -- self-confidence ; bankruptcy ; athletes ; entrepreneurs influence … ; entrepreneurship …

Economic Psychology on "Personality and Entrepreneurship". The contributions are clustered around questions regarding the … for entrepreneurship research. -- entrepreneurship ; personality characteristics ; risk aversion ; trust ; autonomy …

satisfaction with their actual life satisfaction five years later on. This overoptimism also holds for those entrepreneurs who …