The Missing Entrepreneurs 2019 is the fifth edition in a series of biennial reports
that examine how public policies at national, regional and local levels can support
job creation, economic growth and social inclusion by overcoming obstacles to business
start-ups and self-employment by people from disadvantaged or under-represented groups
in entrepreneurship. It shows that there is substantial potential to combat unemployment
and increase labour market participation by facilitating business creation in populations
such as women, youth, the unemployed, and immigrants. However, the specific problems
they face need to be recognised and addressed with effective and efficient policy
measures. The 2019 edition contains two thematic policy chapters on the potential
of digital entrepreneurship for making entrepreneurship more inclusive and increasing
the scale-up potential of start-ups by entrepreneurs from disadvantaged groups. These
thematic chapters discuss current policy issues and present the range of policy actions
currently used in EU and OECD countries. The chapters also offer policy advice to
national, regional and local policy makers. Finally, the report contains country profiles
that highlight recent trends in entrepreneurship by women, youth, seniors and immigrants,
key policy issues and recent policy actions in each of the 28 EU Member States.