The Missing Entrepreneurs 2023
Policies for Inclusive Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment
The Missing Entrepreneurs 2023 is the seventh edition in a series of biennial reports examining how government policies can release untapped entrepreneurial potential from under-represented parts of the population of impactful entrepreneurs, including women, youth, seniors, the unemployed, immigrants and people with disabilities. It offers comparative data on the entrepreneurship activities and the barriers faced by each group across OECD and European Union countries. It takes a deep dive into the effectiveness of youth entrepreneurship schemes and the design of welfare bridge schemes for business creation by job seekers. It also contains country profiles for each of the 27 EU Member States showing the major recent trends in diversity in entrepreneurship and the current state and evolution of policy for each country.
Self-employment and entrepreneurship by people with disabilities
Nearly one-in-five people in OECD and European Union countries live with some form of disability and about one-in-seven people with a disability who are working are self-employed. People with disabilities tend to face greater barriers in business start-up and development due to lower levels of education, less work experience, low self-esteem and negative social attitudes. Addressing the barriers to entrepreneurship for people with disabilities can offer a route into the labour market for more people. This chapter presents data on entrepreneurship and self-employment activities by people with disabilities across European Union Member States and OECD countries.
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