Explaining female and male entrepreneurship at the country level

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-183

  Verheul, Ingrid ^a,b   Stel, André Van ^a,b,c   Thurik, Roy ^a,b,c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b EIM Group   (Netherlands)

^c Institute of Economics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Determinants of entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Gender

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; GENDER;

EID: 33644589832     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620500532053     Document Type: Article

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