entrepreneurial elite, resulting in economic policy and institutions which are more conducive to entrepreneurship and productivity … other natural resources determines structural change and economic development. A more equal distribution of natural … earned in the primary goods sector. Second, by shifting the distribution of political power from resource owners towards the …

entrepreneurship in the manufacturing sector and may thereby retard structural change and economic development. We show that, due to …

We use the historical self-employment rate as an indicator of a regional culture of entrepreneurship and link this … measure to economic growth in recent periods. The results indicate that German regions with a high level of entrepreneurship … a regional culture of entrepreneurship is an important resource for regional growth. …

This article is an introduction to the special issue from the 4th Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Research Conference …. The second is to present a summary of the papers in the context of the utility of GEM data in comparative entrepreneurship …

current understanding of entrepreneurship are discussed with respect to institutions and economic development. …This paper discusses the difficulties associated with measuring entrepreneurship in developing countries. Three … important dichotomies in the research on entrepreneurship are discussed: formal-informal, legal-illegal, and necessity …

We use the historical self-employment rate as an indicator of a regional culture of entrepreneurship and link this … measure to economic growth in recent periods. The results indicate that German regions with a high level of entrepreneurship … a regional culture of entrepreneurship is an important resource for regional growth. …

entrepreneurship. I find an increase in self-employment following a reform in urban China that allowed state employees who were renting … mechanisms that might explain how the reform increased entrepreneurship. I find evidence that the reform reduced labor mobility …