entrepreneurship. Given the relative neglect of entrepreneurship by development scholars it deals with (i) recent theoretical insights … from the intersection of entrepreneurship and development studies; (ii) the empirical evidence on the relationship between … entrepreneurship and development; and (iii) fresh insights for entrepreneurship policy for development that emerges from recent …

imposes a 'tax' on entrepreneurship by channelling entrepreneurial talent into lobbying and bribery; by reinforcing male and …

This paper studies the interplay between left-handedness and economic development. To explain the decline and … economic development influences the prevalence of left-handedness through structural change and a genetic mechanism driven by … the link between handedness and economic performance varies across stages of development. Consistent with the implications …

Developing and emerging economies have high entrepreneurship rates and relatively many small firms. There is enormous … entrepreneurship at both edges of the size distribution. The model is then used to analyse the effects of productivity growth …, distortions, financial and labor market frictions, and risk. Capturing entrepreneurship across the size distribution allows for …

The European Commission has adopted an Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan as its answer to challenges brought by the … entrepreneurship will contribute towards ending the continent's economic malaise. In this article I argue that these expectations may … be disappointed because (i) entrepreneurship promotion is a last-resort policy, (ii) entrepreneurs are being …

Entrepreneurship in most advanced economies is in decline. This comes as a surprise: many scholars have expected an … upsurge in entrepreneurship. What are the reasons for the decline? In this paper I first document the extent of the decline in …-side view and moreover fail to explain why the decline in entrepreneurship is largely confined to economies with high levels of …

African agriculture's importance for sustainable development is well appreciated. Indeed, recent years have seen a … physical resources across occupations and space, and without which agriculture and industrial development, and hence structural … transformation, will stagnate. One such endogenous driver is entrepreneurship. In this paper I start with the reappraisal of African …

general development contribution of migration over and above its contribution through entrepreneurship. The implication is …We provide an assessment of the state of scholarly and policy debates on migrant entrepreneurs in development. They are … often described as super-entrepreneurs who contribute to development through (i) being more entrepreneurial than natives …

co-evolution of entrepreneurship and cities. First, I provide a stylized model of development wherein the rise of cities …Entrepreneurship, being largely an urban phenomenon, co-evolves over time with cities. While this relationship is like … (urbanisation) is the outcome of the activities of entrepreneurs. Second, I provide a stylized overview of entrepreneurship and …