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Opportunity versus necessity entrepreneurship : two components of business creation
Fairlie, Robert W.; Fossen, Frank M. - 2018
A common finding in the entrepreneurship literature is that business creation increases in recessions. This counter …-cyclical pattern is examined by separating business creation into two components: "opportunity" and "necessity" entrepreneurship … entrepreneurship, there are many challenges to creating a definition that is both objective and empirically feasible. We propose an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011789099
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Income taxation and hours worked in different types of entrepreneurship
Can, Ege; Fossen, Frank M. - 2023
We investigate the effect of personal income tax (PIT) rates on the number of hours entrepreneurs work weekly. Using the rotating panel data from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement of the Current Population Survey from 2003 to 2019, we estimate instrumental variable regressions in first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014445272
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2D:4D and self-employment using SOEP data : a replication study
Fossen, Frank M.; Neyse, Levent; Johannesson, Magnus; … - 2020
The 2D:4D digit ratio, the ratio of the length of the 2nd digit to the length of the 4th digit, is often considered a proxy for testosterone exposure in utero. A recent study by Nicolaou et al. (2018) reported an association between the lefthand 2D:4D and self-employment (in a sample of about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012206685
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Were small businesses more likely to permanently close in the pandemic?
Fairlie, Robert W.; Fossen, Frank M.; Johnsen, Reid; … - 2022
Previous estimates indicate that COVID-19 led to a large drop in the number of operating businesses operating early in the pandemic, but surprisingly little is known on whether these shutdowns turned into permanent closures and whether small businesses were disproportionately hit. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013329545
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Public health insurance and entry into self-employment
Fossen, Frank M.; König, Johannes - 2015
insurance system on the entry rate into entrepreneurship. In Germany, the public health insurance system is mandatory for most ….e. about a third of the average annual entry rate. The results show that the phenomenon of entrepreneurship lock, which an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010473167
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Public health insurance and entry into self-employment
Fossen, Frank M.; König, Johannes - 2015
insurance system on the entry rate into entrepreneurship. In Germany, the public health insurance system is mandatory for most ….e. about a third of the average annual entry rate. The results show that the phenomenon of entrepreneurship lock, which an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010473188
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Public health insurance and entry into self-employment
Fossen, Frank M.; König, Johannes - 2015
insurance system on the entry rate into entrepreneurship. In Germany, the public health insurance system is mandatory for most … points, i.e. about a third of the average annual entry rate. The results show that the phenomenon of entrepreneurship lock …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010474213
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Sales losses in the first quarter of the COVID-19 pandemic : evidence from California administrative data
Fairlie, Robert W.; Fossen, Frank M. - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012505614
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Public health insurance and entry into self-employment
Fossen, Frank M.; König, Johannes - 2015
insurance system on the entry rate into entrepreneurship. In Germany, the public health insurance system is mandatory for most … points, i.e. about a third of the average annual entry rate. The results show that the phenomenon of entrepreneurship lock …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010487175
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Long-term effects of shocks on new opportunity and necessity entrepreneurship
Congregado, Emilio; Fossen, Frank M.; Rubino, Nicola; … - 2024
aimed at stimulating opportunity entrepreneurship versus active labor-market policies supporting self-employment as a way … of new opportunity and new necessity entrepreneurship for the 17 Spanish regions. To test whether exogenous shocks have … more widespread in new opportunity than in new necessity entrepreneurship, implying that shocks and temporary policies are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014517310