both high aspiration and low aspiration entrepreneurship. We also find that women benefit more from the larger informal …

This paper contrasts the determinants of entrepreneurial entry and high-growth aspiration entrepreneurship. Using the … Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) surveys for 42 countries over the period 1998-2005, we analyse how institutional … entrepreneurship, but has less pronounced effects for entrepreneurial entry. The availability of finance and the fiscal burden matter …

We document three new facts about entrepreneurship. First, a majority of male entrepreneurs start a firm in the same or …

an individual’s probability of becoming an entrepreneur. Consistent with the theory of underdog entrepreneurship that … entrepreneurship, we find that spending a higher share of household income on energy consumption or being energy poor increases the … entrepreneurship …

We study the effect of entrepreneurship and its allocation between necessity and opportunity entrepreneurship on three … and non-monetary wellbeing to entrepreneurial allocation. Using data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor we establish … that opportunity entrepreneurship may contribute towards national wellbeing and that better wellbeing in turn may stimulate …

This paper examines how stringent de facto firing regulations affect firm size throughout the developing world. We …

monopsony power of firms, even though regulation generates lower employment and income. Empirically, we do find that individuals … first century and family values prevailing before World War II, which suggests that labor market regulations have deep …