entrepreneurs in the early-stage entrepreneurship arena. … inhabitants are taken into account, some regions have persistently higher entrepreneurship rates than others. Proposed … explanations for this regional variation are numerous: market potential, unemployment rates, knowledge spillovers and agglomeration …

intentions. However, empirical research aimed at establishing the importance of role models for (nascent) entrepreneurs is scarce …. Knowledge of the presence of entrepreneurial role models, their specific functions and characteristics is therefore limited. Our … completed by a representative sample of 292 entrepreneurs in three major Dutch cities - entrepreneurs who have recently started …

technological knowledge across regions affect the propensity of early-stage entrepreneurs to be export-oriented. Based on Spanish … out by some entrepreneurs and their young businesses. In this study, we analyze the extent to which differences in FDI and … higher flows of outward FDI or higher levels of accumulated knowledge at regional level has no impact. The results also show …

. Education and entrepreneurship are both influenced by other related factors. The current study estimates causal effects of … formal education on entrepreneurship outcomes by instrumenting for an individual's years of schooling using cohort mean years … education for men. The results suggest that formal education enhances entrepreneurship. …

" entrepreneurs. I use the estimated model to evaluate policies designed to promote entrepreneurship. …I investigate the mechanisms that drive sorting into entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial success among young … individuals. I use Canadian matched owner-employeremployee data to conduct my investigation. Empirically, older entrepreneurs and …

intentions. However, empirical research aimed at establishing the importance of role models for (nascent) entrepreneurs is scarce …. Knowledge of the presence of entrepreneurial role models, their specific functions and characteristics is therefore limited. Our … completed by a representative sample of 292 entrepreneurs in three major Dutch cities - entrepreneurs who have recently started …

codified knowledge determine the returns on different occupational choices in different environments. The data are drawn from … privileged access to tacit knowledge, thus confirming previous analyses on the role of social learning (e.g. Guiso and Schivardi …, 2005). On the other hand, we show that the returns on codified knowledge in entrepreneurial activities increase in more …

fact that human capital on the individual and regional levels may be interrelated in affecting entrepreneurship. We use … the level of entrepreneurship activity via individual and aggregated pathways and that the price elasticity of diverse …