Small business activity and female entrepreneurship have become increasingly important features of the UK economy since … further accelerate the rise of female entrepreneurship. …

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 … aversion among women explains a large share of the entrepreneurial gender gap. We also find an education effect contributing to …

, differential effects by gender, couple status, and parental status exist. Coupled women were less likely to be working than coupled …

Small business activity and female entrepreneurship have become increasingly important features of the UK economy since … further accelerate the rise of female entrepreneurship …

specific gender effect. This finding holds true although statistics presented include both cross-section and time …

institutional contexts for women's entrepreneurship and their intersections, as informed by entrepreneurship, gender and geography … context along a continuum of where entrepreneurship takes place and when this happens. Where context has been studied in … relation to gender and women, the focus has been on the influence of social contexts such as networks, family and household …

We examine the effect of parental entreprenurial role model in nascent entrepreneur's activity by gender perspective …' decision to become nascent entreprenuer activity is moderated by gender We employ a logit model on a sample of 15 … impact the decision to become nascent entrepreneur, but also the effect of this impact is moderated by gender. This effect is …

gender gap in entrepreneurship, finding that the family may serve as a stronger influence than society when implied norms of …This study adapts a multi-level view of culture, including society- and family-based gender norms and the family … least one self-employed parent. We find that gender identity is associated with career status such that a woman is more …

Entrepreneurship is an important economic source for any country. However, the share of female entrepreneurs is still … low with an entrepreneurial gender gap in most countries, meaning growth potential remains untapped. Relying on previous … findings in the (women) entrepreneurship literature, we build on social learning theory (Bandura 1973) and argue that role …

male and female perceptions of typical entrepreneurship support services, such as government provision of information … suggest that existing support services are inadequate for promoting female entrepreneurship. Accordingly we discuss support …