conclude that policies to support young entrepreneurs in rural Africa should not only focus on creating conditions that attract …Africa is not only the poorest and most rural continent, it is also the most youthful continent in terms of population … understanding of rural non-farm entrepreneurship, particularly with regard to the role of young adults in this sector. This paper …

Limited access of entrepreneurs to credit constrains the creation and growth of private firms. In Africa, access to … productive entrepreneurship and private sector employment in Africa … entrepreneurs with productive technologies, while firm growth depends on acquired capital. The shortage of collateral creates a …

The shortages of entrepreneurial skills have lowered search effectiveness of potential young entrepreneurs and the rate … of youth start-ups. Our paper contributes to closing a gap in the entrepreneurship and development literature with a … model of costly firm creation and skill differences between young and adult entrepreneurs. The model shows that for young …

We explore the export performance of Africa's underperforming female entrepreneurs, using the Ghanaian ISSER-IGC panel … and security concerns, are more deeply felt by female entrepreneurs. This may hint at the exclusion of Africa's females … of key business constraints, across both male and female entrepreneurs. We find that females are less likely to export …

entrepreneurship entry and exit intentions during the pandemic. To that end, we analyze primary survey data we collected in the … remote work also matter for entrepreneurial intentions. Our findings enhance the understanding of entrepreneurship formation … and closure in a time of adversity and suggest that implementing entrepreneurship training and upskilling policies during …

I develop a dynamic model of forward-looking entrepreneurs, who decide whether to operate in the formal economy or …

search model and empirical analysis of survey of entrepreneurs from Swaziland. The results show that entrepreneurs of both … entrepreneurs, formal finance sources of start-up capital are also associated with higher sales. However, as in other developing … countries, women entrepreneurs in Swaziland have smaller start-up capital and are less likely to fund it from formal sources …

shaped by industry-specific constraints. The human- and financial-capital endowments of potential entrepreneurs entering … credentials of highly educated potential entrepreneurs, in particular, predict avoidance of small-firm ownership in some … enter entrepreneurship, we find that the conventional practice of conflating different industry types in empirical analyses …

The purpose of this paper is to provide a contribution to the identification of the role of entrepreneurship in … economic growth by mapping out: 1) alternative ways of looking at entrepreneurship, distinguishing 'creative destruction' from … firm); and 4) the possible scope for an economic policy aimed at maximizing the impact of entrepreneurship on economic …

A tradition from Knight (1921) argues that more risk tolerant individuals are more likely to become entrepreneurs, but …