The analysis of the decision to enter into self‐employment is a hot topic in the economic
literature. Among the elements that most directly influence this decision, individual factors …

In this paper, we critically review the literature on finance and inequality, highlighting
substantive gaps in the literature. Finance plays a crucial role in the preponderance of …

We investigated the influence of economic and political institutions on the prevalence rate of
formal and informal entrepreneurship across 18 countries in the Asia-Pacific region during …

We explore the origins of the intergenerational association in entrepreneurship using
Swedish adoption data that allow us to quantify the relative importance of prebirth and …

Entrepreneurial activity has been documented as an important mechanism to achieve
poverty alleviation. In line with this, providing access to entrepreneurial finance for …

This paper analyzes heterogeneity among the self-employed in 74 developing countries,
representing two-thirds of the population of the developing world. After profiling how worker …

Theory predicts that entrepreneurs have distinct attitudes toward risk and uncertainty, but
empirical evidence is mixed. To better understand the unique behavioral characteristics of …

Remarkably, a small fraction of firms account for most of the job and output creation in high-
income and developing countries alike. Does this imply that the path to enabling more …

This article provides a review and analysis of institutional entrepreneurship research with a
focus on the emergence of this literature within two largely divergent streams: sociology …

A theoretical tradition argues that more risk tolerant individuals are more likely to become
entrepreneurs but perform worse. We test and confirm these predictions with several risk …