The present paper examines the relationship between entrepreneurship, as measured by the variation in business ownership rates, and unemployment in Portugal in the period from 1972-2002. It concludes that Portugal has been a relative outlier in regard to the effects of entrepreneurship on...

This paper investigates whether a high level of new business formation in a region stimulates employment in that region. The study looks at the lag structure of these effects, using a data set covering a fairly large time span (1982-2002). The indirect supply-side effects of new firm births,...

We examine the effects of new business formation in a region on subsequent employment growth in that region, observing in particular the effects of different kinds of start-ups on employment change, and the lag structure of these effects. The study partitions entry rates into entry by large and...