A striking fact about entrepreneurship is that the number of male entrepreneurs greatly exceed the number of female … entrepreneurs. We use detailed survey data from Sweden to study to what extent this gender gap can be explained by gender … personality traits can explain a modest part of the gender gap in entrepreneurship: our estimates suggest 21%-32%. We also …

Existing studies of entrepreneurship focus on entrepreneurs whose individual contribution to wealth creation is … institutions flourish, so do self-employed entrepreneurs. But billionaires don't. -- Billionaires ; entrepreneurship ; self …

We study the effect of taxation on entrepreneurship, taking into account both the amount of entry and the quality of …

incorporates greater complexity in studying the link between taxes and business activity - particularly entrepreneurship. Dividend …

the higher rates of entrepreneurship observed in common law countries. …

. Innovative entrepreneurship is a complex activity that normally requires support structures and collaboration by actors providing …

measures to proxy for entrepreneurship often gives rise to misleading inferences. Interestingly the rate of billionaire …, more venture capital investment and lower regulatory burdens have higher entrepreneurship rates but less self …-employment. -- Entrepreneurship ; Innovation ; Institutions ; Regulation ; Self-employment …

classify the budding research field that explores the interplay between institutions and entrepreneurship. Institutions channel … development of nations. What‘s more, entrepreneurship is not only influenced by institutions—entrepreneurs often shape … institutions themselves. Entrepreneurship abiding by existing institutions is occasionally disruptive enough to challenge the …