Examines the impact of cultural factors on the supplyof entrepreneurs in the United States and United Kingdom (Great Britain)between 1880 and 1914. Seeks to determine if the alleged differences are due tocultural differences, which have often been cited as cause ofdivergencein the two economies...

It has been well documented in the literature that ethnicity matters significantly in the determination of savings. In particular, African-American savings lag far behind savings for other ethnic groups. Similarly, the literature also provides evidence of the long-lived nature of institutions...

Introduction to Entrepreneurship in South America -- Entrepreneurship in Argentina -- Entrepreneurship in Bolivia -- Entrepreneurship in Brazil -- Entrepreneurship in Chile -- Entrepreneurship in Colombia -- Entrepreneurship in Ecuador -- Entrepreneurship in French Guiana -- Entrepreneurship in...

The paper advocates for a new measure of the ethnic identity of migrants, models its determinants and explores its explanatory power for various types of their economic performance. The ethnosizer, a measure of the intensity of a person's ethnic identity, is constructed from information on the...