This paper shows that exposure to entrepreneurs during adolescence increases women's entry and performance in … idiosyncratic within-school, cross-cohort variation in early exposure to entrepreneurs, measured by the share of an adolescent …'s peers whose parents are entrepreneurs at the end of compulsory school. Early exposure, particularly to the entrepreneur …

We show how intergenerational mobility has evolved over time in Sweden and the United States since 1985, focusing on … substantially over recent decades in both Sweden and the US, while the more predominantly studied father-son measures remained … in the US relative to Sweden. We develop a model to quantify the relative roles of parent human capital, employment, and …

We show how intergenerational mobility has evolved over time in Sweden and the United States since 1985, focusing on … substantially over recent decades in both Sweden and the US, while the more predominantly studied father-son measures remained … in the US relative to Sweden. We develop a model to quantify the relative roles of parent human capital, employment, and …

between children and female self-employment in a country with family friendly policies and a generous welfare system: Sweden …Previous studies, mostly from Anglo-Saxon countries, find a positive correlation between the presence of young children … children choosing self-employment as a way of balancing work and family commitments. This paper studies the relationship …

We show how intergenerational mobility has evolved over time in Sweden and the United States since 1985, focusing on … substantially over recent decades in both Sweden and the US, while the more predominantly studied father-son measures remained … in the US relative to Sweden. We develop a model to quantify the relative roles of parent human capital, employment, and …

entrepreneurs. We use detailed survey data from Sweden to study to what extent this gender gap can be explained by gender …A striking fact about entrepreneurship is that the number of male entrepreneurs greatly exceed the number of female … entrepreneurs have markedly different psyche than others (8 out of 14 traits differ). However gender differences in traits do not …