promoting: i) micro-entrepreneurship in Brazil; and ii) the formalisation of entrepreneurs. Regarding the promotion of micro … have had a positive effect on the formalisation of individual entrepreneurs in terms of social security contributions, but …

Entrepreneurs that voluntarily choose to start a business because they are able to identify a good business opportunity … and act on it-opportunity entrepreneurs-might be different along various dimensions from those who are forced to become … entrepreneurs because of lack of other alternatives-necessity entrepreneurs. To provide evidence on these differences, this paper …