We develop a framework for quantifying barriers to labor force participation (LFP) and entrepreneurship faced by women … in India. We find substantial barriers to LFP, and higher costs of expanding businesses through the hiring of workers for …, policies promoting female entrepreneurship can significantly increase female LFP even without explicitly targeting female LFP …

in entrepreneurship research by identifying institutional factors that strengthen entrepreneurship development, which in … turn spur economic growth (Urbano, et al., 2018). Despite increasing interest in research on the role of entrepreneurship … the its amount today (United Nations, 2017). Given the demographic change, the study of entrepreneurship institutions in …

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. …