Immigrant entrepreneurship has become a phenomenon of global interest. This paper
reviews existing immigrant entrepreneurship literature in order to map out the major streams …

We review the extensive literature since 2000 on the personality traits of entrepreneurs. We
first consider baseline personality traits like the Big-5 model, self-efficacy and …

We disaggregate the self-employed into incorporated and unincorporated to distinguish
between “entrepreneurs” and other business owners. We show that the incorporated self …

As self-employment and entrepreneurship become increasingly important in our modern
economies, Simon C. Parker provides a timely, definitive and comprehensive overview of …

The paper examines the role and influence of self-employment across the OECD. The
overall trend in self-employment, at the economy level in the years since 1966, has been …

We use data from the National Longitudinal Surveys to investigate the relative importance of
family financial and human capital in the transition into self-employment. Specifically, we …

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 …

Estimates from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics indicate that African-American men are
one-third as likely to be self-employed as white men. The large discrepancy is due to a black …

In the past thirty years, many concepts and theories on ethnic entrepreneurship have been
developed, challenged, and revised to provide a fuller account of the phenomenon. This …

Immigrants are widely perceived as being highly entrepreneurial and important for economic
growth and innovation. This is reflected in immigration policies, and many developed …