, self-employment and entrepreneurship plays an important role, and in particular new venture creation by women. This chapter … aims to provide a snapshot on female entrepreneurship in Germany, with a focus on female immigrant entrepreneurship. We … analyze female immigrant entrepreneurship against its historical background as well as in the light of the recent ‘European …

A striking fact about entrepreneurship is that the number of male entrepreneurs greatly exceed the number of female … personality traits can explain a modest part of the gender gap in entrepreneurship: our estimates suggest 21%-32%. We also …-entrepreneurial self-employed. This finding highlights that entrepreneurship is distinct from other types of self …