We explore the role of different types of self-employment for a persistence of the regional level of entrepreneurship … regarded a rather weak form of entrepreneurship. …

Why do entrepreneurship rates differ so markedly by gender? Using data from a large, representative German household …-up decision and can explain the gender gap in entrepreneurship. Applying a decomposition analysis, we observe that the higher risk …

employee, while the median solo entrepreneur earns less. However, solo entrepreneurship pays for those with a university …

employee, while the median solo entrepreneur earns less. However, solo entrepreneurship pays for those with a university …

Persistence of entrepreneurship over longer periods of time could indicate a culture of entrepreneurship among the … World War II, the relationship between historical and current levels of entrepreneurship is not significant. Persistence of … entrepreneurship is related to the historical success of regions, which we capture by the pre-war level of and self-employment in …

that, after the Reunification, entrepreneurship is higher among the residents of East German regions with West TV signal …

compatible with the free-market economy principles and supportive of entrepreneurship. We show that during the 40 years of … socialistic regime in East Germany entrepreneurship was highly regulated and virtually impossible and that the prevalent formal … and informal institutions broke the traditional ties linking entrepreneurship to the characteristics of individuals so …

entrepreneurship since 2000 and shows that possessing certain personality characteristics will make it more likely that an individual … into entrepreneurship. Further, entrepreneurs are more likely to hire, the higher they score in risk tolerance, trust …

and drastic changes in the politic-economic environment. We thus conclude that regional entrepreneurship cultures do exist …