This paper responds to the need for more data on the topical issue of older entrepreneurship by comparing Third Age (50 … entrepreneurship is not a marginal issue, even though the start-up rate in the Third Age population was found to be slightly less than … leading to entrepreneurship at an older age, which were found to clearly dominate over "push" motives in this context. …

Previous research on age and entrepreneurship assumed homogeneity and downplayed age-related differences in the motives … and aims underlying enterprising behaviour. We argue that the heterogeneity of entrepreneurship influences how the level …