Age is an important factor in entrepreneurship. The paths into entrepreneurship at a later age may be varied. Self … urban areas, although rural areas have strong traditions of entrepreneurship. Seniors with prior experience are more likely … to start a business in urban areas: habitual entrepreneurship is more frequent in urban areas, at least in later life …

burdens have higher entrepreneurship rates but less self-employment. Europe has a higher self-employment rate than the United … States and East Asia. At the same time, Europe has a lower entrepreneurship rate than competitor regions. Europe … underperforms in entrepreneurship despite having advantages such as a skilled labour force, good infrastructure, large markets and …

Youth unemployment is one of the principal social and economic challenges of this decade in Europe and around the world …

We examine whether Europe has an "entrepreneurship deficit" compared to other industrialized regions. Cross … business activity and startup rates suggest that Europe has the same or higher rates of entrepreneurship than the U.S. and East …-impact Schumpeterian entrepreneurship relative to the U.S. Once we account for Europe’s strong performance in technological innovation, an …