Dalit in India is a powerful segment in terms of population, vote bank and workforce but in business is very rare due to social structure of the country which depresses these people whenever they come up in life. In this regard, the study on socio-economic profile of the dalit entrepreneurs in...

Several studies in the literature show that female entrepreneurship is a factor of social well-being improvement. However, the number of women in business remains significantly lower in comparison with that of male entrepreneurs in developing countries. Some studies provide evidence of female...

Diese Dissertation untersucht wie sich die Struktur sozialer Netzwerke auf den unternehmerischen Eintritt auswirkt. Sie analysiert die Effekte von sozialem Einfluss und Status auf die Entscheidung von Personen, ein neues, selbst erstelltes Angebot auf den Markt zu bringen. Bisherige Arbeiten...

This paper is concerned with occupational choice under risk, where agents care about their social status. It is motivated by recent developments in the 'New Economy', which indicate that status preferences possibly provide an explanation for the observed shift towards entrepreneurial...