We estimate differences in innovation behavior between foreign versus U.S.-born entrepreneurs in high-tech industries …. Our data come from the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs, a random sample of firms with detailed information on owner …

With an overall lack of gender and ethnic diversity in the innovation sector documented in Gompers and Wang (2017), we … answer this question using a unique dataset of the gender of venture capital partners' children. First, we find strong …. Second, using an instrumental variable set-up, we also show that improved gender diversity, induced by parenting more …

characteristics and on countries' regulatory differences. We show that individual characteristics, such as gender, age, and status in … the workforce are important determinants of entrepreneurship, and we also highlight the relevance of social networks, self … individuals who become entrepreneurs to pursue a business opportunity. The individual characteristics that are impacted most by …

. Such frictions can help explain part of the gender gap in entrepreneurship, and also have implications for how to design …

research on the influence of female leadership, we find no effect of gender of the mayor on policy outcomes related to the size …

eroded, and the gender happiness gap has disappeared entirely. Paralleling changes in the income distribution, differences in …