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Sorgner, Alina; Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander - 2014

Based on representative micro data for Germany, we compare the incomes of self-employed with those of wage workers. Our …

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Why did self-employment increase so strongly in Germany?

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Sorgner, Alina - 2015

Germany experienced a unique rise in the level of self-employment in the first two decades following unification … employees and the overall level of self-employment in West Germany, their explanatory power is much lower for the stronger … increase of solo self-employment and of self-employment in former socialist East Germany. …

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Who starts a business and who is self-employed in Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Rusakova, Alina - 2012

entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2010, the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socioeconomic … increase in self-employment in Germany by 40 percent which can partly be attributed to the transformation process of East … Germany and to the shift to the service sector. We notice a yearly start-up rate of 1 percent among the working population …

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What Causes Cross-industry Differences of Technical Efficiency? An Empirical Investigation

Fritsch, Michael; Stephan, Andreas - 2004

Using micro-level panel data of about 35,000 firms from the German Cost Structure Census, we analyze the differences of technical efficiency across industries. Technical efficiency is estimated by firms? fixed effects. One striking result is that the distribution of technical efficiency across...

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What drives the productive efficiency of a firm? The importance of industry, location, R&D, and size

Badunenko, Oleg; Fritsch, Michael; Stephan, Andreas - 2008

This paper investigates the factors that explain the level and dynamics of manufacturing firm productive efficiency. In our empirical analysis, we use a unique sample of about 39,000 firms in 256 industries from the German Cost Structure Census over the years 1992-2005. We estimate the...

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Does quality make a difference? Employment effects of high- and low-quality start-ups

Fritsch, Michael; Schroeter, Alexandra - 2011

This paper investigates the impact of new firms' quality on the magnitude of their employment effects. Our results clearly show that the quality of start-ups, measured by their affiliation with sectors and innovative industries, strongly influences the direct and the overall employment...

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New business formation and regional development: A survey and assessment of the evidence

Fritsch, Michael - 2011

This paper reviews the current state of knowledge about the effect of new business formation on regional development. After a brief sketch of the origins of research on this issue, the main results of different lines of inquiry are discussed. Main issues are the development of start-up cohorts,...

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New Firm Formation by Industry over Space and Time: A Multi-Level Analysis

Fritsch, Michael; Falck, Oliver - 2003

formation: industry, location and change over time. The data is for West Germany and covers the 1983-97 period. Our analysis …

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The Distribution and Heterogeneity of Technical Efficiency within Industries: An Empirical Assessment

Fritsch, Michael; Stephan, Andreas - 2004

This paper analyzes the distribution of technical efficiency within manufacturing industries. Using a representative sample of 35,000 firms in 255 industries of the German cost structure census, technical efficiencies are estimated by applying a deterministic frontier production function with...

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Contests for Cooperation: A New Approach in German Innovation Policy

Eickelpasch, Alexander; Fritsch, Michael - 2005

A new approach in German innovation policy organizes contests of proposals for developing innovation networks. Based on an overview of the different programs, we investigate the advantages, problems and limitations of such an approach. We find that this type of policy may have a relatively large...

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