Drivers of Women Entrepreneurship in Visegrad Countries: GEM Evidence

The aim of our paper is to investigate for drivers of women involvement in entrepreneurial activities in Visegrad countries (i.e. Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland). We employ Global Entrepreneurship Monitor individual level data for three consecutive years 2011–2013 (altogether 12 892 respondents), execute logistic regression analysis and look for the factors related to following the entrepreneurial path among women in our region, while distinguishing between opportunity- and necessity-driven efforts. We have identified the most important factors from among individual characteristics as well as perception of societal attitudes towards entrepreneurship that act as women entrepreneurship drivers.