This article reviews the recent literature in economics on small-scale entrepreneurship ("microentrepreneurship") in … attention to unique issues that arise with female entrepreneurship. …

childhood and adolescence, and examining their relationship to self-employment propensity in adulthood. Using data from the … Young Finns Study linked to the Finnish Longitudinal Employer-Employee Data and the Longitudinal Population Census of … also reinforce the prior evidence on the intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurship. …

childhood and adolescence, and examining their relationship to self-employment propensity in adulthood. Using data from the … Young Finns Study linked to the Finnish Longitudinal Employer-Employee Data and the Longitudinal Population Census of … also reinforce the prior evidence on the intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurship. …

A striking fact about entrepreneurship is that the number of male entrepreneurs greatly exceed the number of female … entrepreneurs. We use detailed survey data from Sweden to study to what extent this gender gap can be explained by gender … personality traits can explain a modest part of the gender gap in entrepreneurship: our estimates suggest 21%-32%. We also …

Persistence of entrepreneurship over longer periods of time could indicate a culture of entrepreneurship among the … World War II, the relationship between historical and current levels of entrepreneurship is not significant. Persistence of … entrepreneurship is related to the historical success of regions, which we capture by the pre-war level of and self-employment in …

-employed using longitudinal data four months following the first 'lockdown' in the UK. We specifically test the role of family …

We study the impact of improved rail access on entrepreneurship rates in England and Wales. We use data from the Census … support local entrepreneurship and economic activity, contributing to regional development and reducing economic inequality. …