We study the impact of improved rail access on entrepreneurship rates in England and Wales. We use data from the Census … support local entrepreneurship and economic activity, contributing to regional development and reducing economic inequality. …

Railroads in Meiji Japan are credited with facilitating factor mobility as well as access to human and financial … activity across Japan. Results indicate that railroad expansion corresponded with increased firm activity, particularly in …

This paper examines the relationship between entrepreneurship (as measured by fluctuations in the business ownership … rate) and unemployment in Japan for the period between 1972 and 2002. We find that, although Japan’s unemployment rate has … been influenced by specific exogenous shocks, the effects of entrepreneurship on unemployment are not different when …

Using China's provincial-level panel data from 1978–2008, we examine the effects of entrepreneurship on economic growth … entrepreneurship into two types: business creation and innovation. Our estimation results show both types of entrepreneurship have … the GDP per capita will increase by 1.98 percentage points if business creation entrepreneurship increases by one standard …

combining different theoretical views of entrepreneurship. It shows that new knowledge and ideas created but not commercialized …

the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Adult Population Survey (APS) data for 2009, 2010, and 2012 for a number of … reduce the predicted probability of entrepreneurship consistently over time. The only variable that consistently predicts fof … importance of reducing the gender gap in entrepreneurship. Particularly, in order to encourage more females to be entrepreneurs …

combining different theoretical views of entrepreneurship. It shows that new knowledge and ideas created but not commercialized …