in Germany. To explain the gender gap, a structural microeconometric model of the transition rates is estimated, which … rate, but only a small part of their lower entry rate. -- Entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; risk aversion ; gender …-employment and dependent employment are estimated separately by gender, accounting for non-random selection into the employment …

in Germany. To explain the gender gap, a structural microeconometric model of the transition rates is estimated, which …-employment and dependent employment are estimated separately by gender, accounting for non-random selection into the employment … states. The gender differential in the transition rates is decomposed using a novel extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca technique …

to be a reason not to start one's own business is important for the explanation of the gender gap in entrepreneurship …In western industrialized countries men are on average more than twice as active in entrepreneurship as women. Based on … data from a recent representative survey of the adult population in Germany this paper uses an empirical model for the …

. -- Entrepreneurship ; gender difference ; start-up propensity ; decomposition analysis ; KfW Start-up Monitor ; Germany …Women start fewer businesses than men. The start-up rate among women in Germany falls short of males' start-up rate by … one third. We scrutinize this gender gap using individual-level data from the KfW Start-up Monitor, a large …

personality traits can explain a modest part of the gender gap in entrepreneurship: our estimates suggest 21%-32%. We also …-employment. -- Entrepreneurship ; Self-employment ; Gender differences ; Personality traits …A striking fact about entrepreneurship is that the number of male entrepreneurs greatly exceed the number of female …

female empowerment is female entrepreneurship; however, the literature on the emergence of female entrepreneurship is scarce …. We focus on the rise of female entrepreneurship in Serbia and collect an extensive biographical dataset of women, who … to gender inequality in other transition countries. …

gender that favor men, by marital status and gender that favor married men over married women, and by gender, marital, and … forced out of the labor force to care for children as prescribed by gender norms and the division and specialization of labor …

In western industrialized countries men are on average more than twice as active in entrepreneurship as women. Based on … data from a recent representative survey of the adult population in Germany this paper uses an empirical model for the …