fundamental immigrant entrepreneurship issues as well as the empirical methods and data used. The main themes we address are … attempt to attract immigrant entrepreneurs. Not surprisingly, a large body of research on immigrant entrepreneurship has … immigrant entrepreneurs’ contributions to the economy, entrepreneurship differences across groups and group differences in …

distinction is made between nascent entrepreneurship, new business formation and a combination of the two, referred to as total … entrepreneurial activity, as defined within the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). The model is also tested for the rate of … effects. Data from 27 countries (GEM, World Values Survey and other sources) are used to test the hypotheses. Findings confirm …

Theories of market failures and targeting motivate the promotion of entrepreneurship training programs and generate …

opportunities in the wage/salary sector leaving the net effect on entrepreneurship ambiguous. The most up-to-date microdata … entrepreneurship at the individual level to shed light on this question. Regression estimates indicate that local labor market … conditions are a major determinant of entrepreneurship. Higher local unemployment rates are found to increase the probability …

overestimate alternative earnings to 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 …

Indian immigrants in the United States and other wealthy countries are successful in entrepreneurship. Using Census … data from the three largest developed countries receiving Indian immigrants in the world -- the United States, United …

Recently collected data show that, within any manufacturing industry, vertically integrated firms tend to have larger … spin out. This is shown to predict the association of co-ethnic networks with high rates of entrepreneurship and the …

Entrepreneurship has emerged as an important element in the organization of economies. This emergence did not occur … countries embrace entrepreneurial energy. This led to the political mandate to promote entrepreneurship. Hence, a clear and … organized view is needed of what the determinants and consequences of entrepreneurship are. The present contribution tries to …