Africa is not only the poorest and most rural continent, it is also the most youthful continent in terms of population … understanding of rural non-farm entrepreneurship, particularly with regard to the role of young adults in this sector. This paper … conclude that policies to support young entrepreneurs in rural Africa should not only focus on creating conditions that attract …

We explore the export performance of Africa's underperforming female entrepreneurs, using the Ghanaian ISSER-IGC panel … and security concerns, are more deeply felt by female entrepreneurs. This may hint at the exclusion of Africa's females …

where growth is driven by the innovative activity of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is risky and requires investments that … affect the steepness of the lifetime consumption profile. As a consequence, the occupational choice of entrepreneurship …

productive entrepreneurship and private sector employment in Africa …Limited access of entrepreneurs to credit constrains the creation and growth of private firms. In Africa, access to …

male and female perceptions of typical entrepreneurship support services, such as government provision of information … suggest that existing support services are inadequate for promoting female entrepreneurship. Accordingly we discuss support …

the impacts both of risk aversion and balanced skills on the likelihood individuals choose entrepreneurship. Data on Dutch …-averse people might be suited to entrepreneurship; and it may also help explain why prior research has generated mixed evidence … about the effects of risk aversion on selection into entrepreneurship …

-of-all-trades" view of entrepreneurship by Lazear (AER 2004). Consistent with its theoretical assumptions we find that self …

enter entrepreneurship, we find that the conventional practice of conflating different industry types in empirical analyses … of transitions to entrepreneurship generates misleading findings about the determinants of entrepreneurship …