Why are female entrepreneurs so rare? Women have both to a lower entry rate into selfemployment and a higher exit rate … rate, but only a small part of their lower entry rate. -- Entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; risk aversion ; gender … in Germany. To explain the gender gap, a structural microeconometric model of the transition rates is estimated, which …

one of the most prominent determinants of entrepreneurship - education - and approximately three times larger than … parental selfemployment. -- Entrepreneurship ; Personality ; Big Five ; Risk Aversion ; Locus of Control …

We investigate how personal income taxes affect the portfolio share of personal wealth that entrepreneurs invest in … selectioninto entrepreneurship, we use changes in entry regulation into skilled trades. Estimation results are consistent with the …

As the policy debate on entrepreneurship increasingly centers on firm growth in terms of job creation, it is important … entrepreneurs play in sustainable job creation. While human and social capital variables positively influence the hiring decision …

as entrepreneurs than do persons with particularly low or high risks. -- Entrepreneurship ; Risk Attitudes ; Survival and … rates of entrepreneurs. Whereas recent research underpins the theoretical proposition of a positive correlation between risk … entrepreneurs. The empirical results confirm that persons whose risk attitudes are in the medium range survive significantly longer …

Entrepreneurship is a local and dynamic phenomenon. We jointly investigate spatial spillovers and time persistence of … persistence of start-up activity, especially in the high-tech industry. This indicates that entrepreneurship is deeply rooted in … regions and underlines the importance of local entrepreneurship culture for new business formation. …

create a distinction between the two types of entrepreneurship based on the entrepreneur’s prior work status that is …A common finding in the entrepreneurship literature is that business creation increases in recessions. This counter …-cyclical pattern is examined by separating business creation into two components: "opportunity" and "necessity" entrepreneurship …

Why do people engage in entrepreneurship and commit large parts of their personal wealth to their business, despite … suggests possible future research avenues. Key insights from the literature are that entrepreneurs may operate in imperfect … financial markets and that entrepreneurs are less risk-averse than the rest of the population. A focus of this paper is …

, lenders may charge higher interest rates or ration credit supply, which can hamper entrepreneurship. Both aspects of a more … forgiving personal bankruptcy law are less relevant for wealthy potential entrepreneurs who still risk losing their wealth, but … entrepreneurship. -- Personal bankruptcy law ; insolvency ; entrepreneurship ; fresh start …