“...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...”

“...The present research focuses upon new businesses which are started from scratch. The theories of reasoned action and planned behavior are used to formulate...”

“...Changing economic ideologies and a new emphasis on entrepreneurial opportunities have led to a rise in self‐employment in Canada, especially among women...”

“...Despite lower incomes, the self-employed consistently report higher satisfaction with their jobs. But are self-employed individuals also happier, more...”

“...We explore the origins of the intergenerational association in entrepreneurship using Swedish adoption data that allow us to quantify the relative importance...”

“...Better access to reproductive healthcare increases women’s propensity to become entrepreneurs. Access correlates positively with female entrepreneurial...”

“...Despite the consensus that entrepreneurship runs in the family, we lack evidence regarding the total importance of family and community background, as well as...”

“...Human capital theory – developed by neoclassical economists like Gary Becker and Theodore Schultz – is widely considered a useful way to explain how employees...”

“...Conventional discourses about self-employment are unsatisfactory since there is no clear acknowledgment of its heterogeneity. Interpretations tend to refer to...”

“...We advance both mobility and paradox theorizing by advocating the new concepts of ‘mobility‐isolation paradox’ and ‘paradoxical imagination’. These emerged...”