because of rising rates of entrepreneurship. The oldest age group (ages fifty-five to sixty-four) also experienced a rising … share of all new entrepreneurs primarily because it represents an increasing share of the population. • Entrepreneurship …, entrepreneurial activity rates decreased in all regions in the United States. Entrepreneurship rates are highest in the West and …

A common finding in the entrepreneurship literature is that business creation increases in recessions. This counter …-cyclical pattern is examined by separating business creation into two components: “opportunity” and “necessity” entrepreneurship … entrepreneurship, there are many challenges to creating a definition that is both objective and empirically feasible. We propose an …

measure of entrepreneurship derived from matching files from the Current Population Survey (CPS) is used to provide the first …. Estimates indicate that hi-tech entrepreneurship rates were lower in Silicon Valley than the rest of the United States during … the period from January 1996 to February 2000. Examining the post-boom period, we find that entrepreneurship rates in …

attempt to attract immigrant entrepreneurs. Not surprisingly, a large body of research on immigrant entrepreneurship has … fundamental immigrant entrepreneurship issues as well as the empirical methods and data used. The main themes we address are … immigrant entrepreneurs' contributions to the economy, entrepreneurship differences across groups and group differences in …

The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79) is used to study self-employment and entrepreneurship among young …