Previous studies have established a negative relationship between total government spending and entrepreneurship …. By combining macroeconomic government spending data with individual-level entrepreneurship data, the analysis finds a … entrepreneurship while confirming a negative relationship between total government consumption and entrepreneurial activity. The …

New data from the 2008 World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Survey indicates a very strong and statistically significant … relationship between entrepreneurship and a better business environment. Data for 100 countries on the number of total and newly … world. Data were also collected on the functioning and structure of business registries. Empirical evidence suggests that …

Women's ownership, use, and control over property matter for their well-being and agency and can influence outcomes for … the second generation -- women's daughters and sons. Additionally, gender gaps in property ownership induce allocative …-Saharan Africa to shine a spotlight on gaps between men and women in land and housing (property) ownership and analyze patterns …

, or outcomes at the cooperative level. No synergies are found between the scheme and a demand-side, in-kind transfer …

California. One cooperative enjoys property rights while the other two do not. There is empirical evidence in support of the … model: compared to the other cooperatives, the cooperative with strong property rights pays members a lower price, pays …Devolving property rights to local institutions has emerged as a compelling management strategy for natural resource …

shortages constrain the creation of new businesses through their negative effect on entrepreneurship. Second, in the intensive …

This paper analyzes data on female and male entrepreneurship that were collected by the World Bank Group …'s Entrepreneurship Database. Recognizing the importance of a differentiated approach to entrepreneurship in terms of legal entities, the …. Forty-four of the 143 economies that participated in the Entrepreneurship project provided some sex-disaggregated data for …