I investigate the mechanisms that drive sorting into entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial success among young … model of career choice that features heterogeneous employers, human capital accumulation, and unobserved heterogeneity …" entrepreneurs. I use the estimated model to evaluate policies designed to promote entrepreneurship. …

and associated peer effects. We study how early career entrepreneurship is affected by existing entrepreneurship among … male and female peer groups explain approximately half of the gender gap in early career entrepreneurship. …In virtually all industrialized countries, women are underrepresented in entrepreneurship, and the gender gap exhibits …

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

, entrepreneurship-related attitudes, and general personality traits of both business starters and non-starters. Estimating binary choice …. -- Entrepreneurship ; gender difference ; start-up propensity ; decomposition analysis ; KfW Start-up Monitor ; Germany …

This paper contributes to empirical research in entrepreneurship by focusing on the link between two stylized facts … Entrepreneurship Monitor (REM). We use a version of the probit model that takes care of the regional stratification of the data, and …

choose careers with low pecuniary returns. Therefore, financial incentives are unlikely to be effective in influencing career … choices of these individuals. Based on Akerlof and Kranton (2000), we consider a model of career choice and identity where … related to identity (career orientation and social orientation), which are important for educational choices. The implication …

entrepreneurship. Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) emerged as a proof-of-concept phenomenon. Recent studies in … entrepreneurship journals have made great strides - articulating the theoretical relevance of ADHD-type behavior in entrepreneurship …

We demonstrate that empirical evidence of employer learning is sensitive to how one defines the career start date and … - systematically overstates experience and biases learning estimates towards zero for college-educated workers. Using career start …

important for policies that target reductions in disadvantage. In this paper we construct a measure of adult resilience … adaptation. We find considerable heterogeneity in the response to adverse events, and that resilience is strongly correlated with … clinical measures of mental health. Resilience in adulthood is predictable by childhood socioeconomic circumstances; the …