Women start fewer businesses than men. The start-up rate among women in Germany falls short of males' start-up rate by …, entrepreneurship-related attitudes, and general personality traits of both business starters and non-starters. Estimating binary choice … favor of higher start-up rates among women, while the distribution of personality traits is less favorable for business …

Most previous studies have found evidence at the aggregate level that female entrepreneurs underperform relative to … sample of 4200 entrepreneurs (405 females) with 1 to 20 employees in all sectors of the economy. Our study confirms the … results of several previous studies that female entrepreneurs tend to underperform relative to men when the data is examined …

Persönlichkeitseigenschaften, anhand derer sich Unternehmerinnen bzw. Unternehmer von Nicht-Unternehmern unterscheiden lassen. Darüber hinaus …

We investigate the relationship between cultural creativity and entrepreneurship in two respects: first, cultural and … individuals of the German Socio Economic Panel (SOEP). We find, indeed, some significant links between entrepreneurship and …

I investigate the effect of human capital on entrepreneurship using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth - 1979. I … find that individuals with higher measured intelligence and self-confidence are more likely to be entrepreneurs … robust to controlling for selection into entrepreneurship and selection into college. …

personal contacts with a young entrepreneur and the regional share of nascent entrepreneurs. …

evaluations which are restricted to microfinance clients, we consider two more representative groups: a random sample of women … operating subsistence enterprises, and a random sample of women who are out of the labor force but interested in starting a … of follow-up surveys taken over two years and find that the short- and medium-term impacts differ. For women already in …

substantial differences in the role of self-employment among low-skilled workers across gender and nativity - women and immigrants … substantially more financially rewarding option for most women. These findings raise the question of why low-skilled women enter … options and limited labor market opportunities in the wage/salary sector as motivating native born women to enter self …