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 …

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 … fundamental immigrant entrepreneurship issues as well as the empirical methods and data used. The main themes we address are …

labor market institutions on entrepreneurship, wage determination, and firm size are analysed analytically and illustrated … numerically. The main result is that an increase in union power reduces the equilibrium rate of entrepreneurship and reduces the …

enterprise formation is adversely affected by economic risks, unemployment compensation, union power, and labor protection …

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

conditions are a major determinant of entrepreneurship. Higher local unemployment rates are found to increase the probability … formation? On the one hand, recessions decrease potential business income and wealth, but on the other hand they restrict … opportunities in the wage/salary sector leaving the net effect on entrepreneurship ambiguous. The most up-to-date microdata …

We analyze the redistributive (dis)advantages of a minimum wage over income taxation in competitive labor markets. A … minimum wage causes more unemployment, but also leads to more skill formation as unemployment is concentrated on low … gains of more skill formation outweigh the social welfare losses of increased unemployment. Using a highly conservative …

market and, on rigid labor markets, for unemployment. Exploiting variation in exit-exam systems across German states, we find … market, as well as with lower unemployment. …

panel of European data on firm births and legal form of business to analyze income shifting via increased entrepreneurship … extent income shifting from the personal to the corporate tax base can explain these diverging developments. We exploit a … and incorporation. The results suggest that lower corporate taxes exert an ambiguous effect on entrepreneurship. The …