-driven entrepreneurship in the modern sector. The model shows how opportunity-driven entrepreneurship can drive structural transformation … by increasing employment and productivity in both the modern and traditional sectors. -- entrepreneurship ; economic …

business creation and its effect on the economy. The present study focuses on an important determinant of entrepreneurship: the … Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) project. The results indicate that the quality of institutions is a relevant factor for the distribution … and type of entrepreneurial activities. Some implications for public policy are discussed. -- entrepreneurship …

We examine how institutional and policy reforms affect the relationship between entrepreneurship and growth. We perform … in particular on the interplay between policy and institutional reforms and entrepreneurship. We find that the joint … effect of trade reform and entrepreneurship on growth is negative, suggesting that trade reform diminishes the positive …

We examine returns to entrepreneurship using a standard measure of welfare, the percapita consumption expenditure. The …. -- entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; welfare ; developing countries ; quantile regressions …

/urbanization in a region has an a priori ambiguous effect on start-up rates. -- start-ups ; entrepreneurship ; frictions ; economic …

. By drawing lessons from country experiences we assess the appropriateness of incubators as a tool for entrepreneurship … policy on incubators should be well-integrated with other policies for entrepreneurship promotion and economic development …

entrepreneurs to be distinguished. -- entrepreneurship ; serial entrepreneurship ; start-ups ; real options ; stochastic optimal …

Improved governance and lower start-up costs may not be sufficient for encouraging the type of entrepreneurship that …) opportunitymotivated entrepreneurship (as opposed to necessity-motivated entrepreneurship) drives economic growth; (ii) governance and the … start-up costs are not significant determinants of opportunity entrepreneurship; and (iii) better governance leads to higher …

In this paper, we formalize the view that economic development requires high rates of productive entrepreneurship, and …