Showing 1 - 10 of 57
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011384933
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011387251
Folklore has it that the comparatively low proportion of self-employed in Germany is in part due to a habit that might be termed 'stigmatisation of failure': taking a second chance to build one's own firm after failing as a self-employed is said to be much more difficult here than in other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261524
In a recent paper Edward Lazear proposed the jack-of-all-trades view of entrepreneurship. Based on a coherent model of …. This paper contributes to the entrepreneurship literature by empirically testing Lazear's hypothesis using a large recent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261621
Using a large recent representative sample of the German population this paper contributes to the entrepreneurship … economic importance for entrepreneurship of work experience in a firm that is both young and small. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261762
This paper tests the theory recently put forward by Edward Lazear that individuals with competence in many skills should have a higher probability of being self-employed than others. The empirical results for Germany support this jack-of-all-trades view.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262630
Although comprehensive data from official statistics on new firm formation and entrepreneurs starting a new business are lacking in Germany, we know from empirical studies that entry rates differ between regions, and that the propensity to become an entrepreneur is influenced by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262745
The focus of this paper is on the choice of the unemployed between becoming an entrepreneur or not. It contributes to the literature by empirically investigating two hitherto neglected issues: What is the impact of risk aversion and personal contact with a role model in shaping the decision to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262783
This paper constructs a Global Entrepreneurship Index (GEINDEX) that captures the contextual feature of … entrepreneurship across countries. We find the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development to be mildly S-shaped not … U-shaped or L-shaped. Our findings suggest moving away from simple measures of entrepreneurship across countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266685
Recent theories of economic growth have stressed the role of externalities in generating growth. Using data from the Census Bureau that tracks all employers in the whole U.S. private sector economy, we examine the impact of these externalities, as measured by entrepreneurial activity, on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270564