Why do entrepreneurship rates differ so markedly by gender? Using data from a large, representative German household …-up decision and can explain the gender gap in entrepreneurship. Applying a decomposition analysis, we observe that the higher risk … direction, meaning that the gender gap in entrepreneurial entry would be even larger if women had the same scores and the same …

opportunity entrepreneurs, who voluntarily pursue a business opportunity, and necessity entrepreneurs, who lack alternative … entrepreneurs are 3.5 percentage points higher than the paid employees' rate of 8.1%, but 6.5 percentage points lower for necessity … entrepreneurs. Pooling the two types of entrepreneurs understates the value of education for opportunity entrepreneurs and sparks …

entrepreneurship research analyses the employment effects of start-ups vs. incumbent firms, our knowledge about differences in these … been attempting to consider the relevance of firm entry. Based on the Establishment History Panel, a plant-level dataset …

Using Finnish panel data, we study how entrepreneurs differ from workers in education and income dynamics. We find that … workers have higher median income in all educational groups. Without additional controls, entrepreneurs have higher average … income with all but undergraduate level of education. However, random effects and matching models suggest that entrepreneurs …

identical in all aspects except for the fact that some women face barriers to becoming entrepreneurs, which may be a function of … one obtained in a framework where barriers to entrepreneurship were assumed to be independent of talent. …

Why do entrepreneurship rates differ so markedly by gender? Using data from a large representative German household …-up decision and can explain the gender gap in entrepreneurship. Applying a decomposition analysis, we observe that the higher risk … direction, meaning that the gender gap in entrepreneurial entry would be even larger if women had the same scores and the same …