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.
Recent trends and policy priorities in inclusive entrepreneurship
This chapter presents evidence on recent trends in self-employment and entrepreneurship among women, immigrants, youth and seniors in the European Union (EU) and OECD. It shows that self‑employment has bounced back following the COVID-19 pandemic for many groups in the EU, notably women. However, there are still many millions of “missing” entrepreneurs that cost economies ideas, innovation and jobs. The chapter also provides a brief overview of how governments are using a range of policies and programmes to reduce gaps in entrepreneurship. New policy developments at national and local levels are highlighted, including new strategies to reduce gender gaps in entrepreneurship, the re-emergence of support for senior entrepreneurs in several countries and the introduction of entrepreneurship schemes for Ukrainian refugees. The chapter also outlines some policy priorities for future developments in inclusive entrepreneurship policy.
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