Graduation Year
Spring 2014
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Economics
Reader 1
Heather Antecol
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Abstract
Using data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and the World Bank, I examine the effect of the Great Recession on total early-stage entrepreneurship rates in nineteen European countries relative to the United States, as well as on male and female entrepreneurship independently. I find that the Great Recession has led to increased entrepreneurship rates overall and that there is little variation across European countries relative to the United States. Further, I find that female entrepreneurship rates increased more than male entrepreneurship rates following the Great Recession. This suggests that women have not only experienced greater job recovery overall after the recession, but that they have also turned more towards self-employment relative to their male counterparts.
Recommended Citation
Weixel, Anthea J., "Womentrepreneurship after the Great Recession: An Empirical Analysis of Female Entrepreneurship Rates in Europe" (2014). CMC Senior Theses. 968.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/968
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
