This paper investigates whether entrepreneurship constitutes a route out of deprivation for those living in deprived areas. Our measure of income/wealth is based on analysis of improvements in an individual's residential address. Our data consist of information on over 800,000 individuals, and...

This paper explores the determinants of start-up size by focusing on a cohort of 6,247 businesses that started trading in 2004, using a unique dataset on customer records at Barclays Bank. Quantile regressions show that prior business experience is significantly related with start-up size, as...