rational explanation of the relationship between ability, education, and self-employment. Using PIAAC data, we test the …

entrepreneurship is introduced, where individuals can choose not to work, become entrepreneurs, or work in one of the two sectors … entrepreneurship in the United States …

Over half of all workers in the developing world are self-employed. Although some self-employment is chosen by …. The importance of self-employment in the overall distribution of jobs is determined by many factors, including social … protection systems, labor market frictions, the business environment, and labor market institutions. However, self-employment in …

use U.S. county-level employment data for firms in narrowly defined age categories combined with a novel measure for local … hurricane exposure between 2000 and 2015. I find that startup employment in affected regions rises significantly after a … hurricane, unlike employment in established firms. This is mainly because startups account for a disproportionate share of …

that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What … answer the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to (i) employment generation and dynamics, (ii) innovation … group'? A fourth type of contribution studied is the role of entrepreneurship in increasing individuals' utility levels …

and its basic characteristics are also analyzed for entrepreneurship reinforcement. Specifically, we argue that business …

The present paper investigates the development of nonwage employment (NWE) in the context of sensible changes in …-based economy in the countries with solid market economy. A comparative analysis is made about the relative importance of employment … in the number of self-employed persons with higher education is mainly a forced choice for avoiding entering unemployment …

categories, but not human capital. Women remain an unexploited source of entrepreneurship; thus, Slovenia should establish … effective mechanisms to promote female entrepreneurship. …

Research on entrepreneurship often uses information on self-employment to proxy for business creation and innovative … Survey (CIS) to study the relation between self-employment, business creation and innovation. In order to do so, we aggregate … individual and firm-level data at the Travel-to-Work Area (TTWA) and investigate how the incidence of self-employment correlates …

In the aftermath of the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the employment effects of public … conditions in which public subsidies of research and development (R&D) in small firms stimulate employment growth. We find, based … on an empirical analysis of employment growth induced by U.S. Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research …