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.
Available from November 30, 2023 Latest available edition in: French, German
What more can governments do to reduce the gaps in entrepreneurship?
The report was launched online with a presentation of the main findings and discussion on priority actions for governments, featuring senior officials from the OECD and European Commission and a panel discussion with entrepreneurs.
The event was opened by OECD Deputy Secretary-General Yoshiki Takeuchi and Director-General of Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Joost Korte.