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Necessity and Opportunity Entrepreneurs through the Business Cycle

Thompson, Peter - Department of Economics, Florida International University - 2011

We construct a simple model of occupational choice among agents with differing abilities. The fraction of agents creating new businesses who are low ability rises during recessions. Thus, cohorts born during recessions are on average lower quality: their businesses yield lower initial earnings,...

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Why Did Self-Employment Increase So Strongly in Germany?

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander S.; Sorgner, Alina - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2015

Germany experienced a unique rise in the level of self-employment in the first two decades following unification. Applying the non-linear Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique, we find that the main factors driving these changes in the overall level of self-employment are demographic...

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Verdienen Selbständige tatsächlich weniger als Angestellte?

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander S.; Sorgner, Alina - In: DIW Wochenbericht 82 (2015) 7, pp. 134-147

Based on German micro census data, this report compares the incomes of self-employed with those of employees. The …. However, solo entrepreneurship pays for those with a university entrance degree (Abitur) but no further professional …

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Do Entrepreneurs Really Earn Less?

Sorgner, Alina; Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Based on representative micro data for Germany, we compare the incomes of self-employed with those of wage workers. Our … employee, while the median solo entrepreneur earns less. However, solo entrepreneurship pays for those with a university …

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Entrepreneurs and Output: Theory and Empirical Evidence with Spanish Data

Salas-Fumas, Vicente; Sanchez-Asin, J. Javier; Storey, David - Science and Technology Policy Research (SPRU), School … - 2013

between number of SEWEs (SEWNEs) and productivity, observed in the Spanish data, can be explained, under certain conditions … distinguishing between SEWEs and SEWNEs in drawing valid conclusions concerning any link between entrepreneurship and economic …

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Muppets and Gazelles: Political and Methodological Biases in Entrepreneurship Research

Nightingale, Paul; Coad, Alex - Science and Technology Policy Research (SPRU), School … - 2013

entrepreneurship since the 1980s within its historical context and highlights the significant methodological problems with its analysis … composition fallacy that assigns the benefits of entrepreneurship to the average firm. …

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Ethnic minority self-employment

Clark, Ken - In: IZA World of Labor (2015) January, pp. 1-10

groups, it is important to understand the factors that underlie the nature and extent of ethnic entrepreneurship to evaluate …

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Who Starts a Business and Who Is Self-Employed in Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander S.; Rusakova, Alina - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012

Based on representative data, the German Micro-Census, we provide an overview of the development of self-employment and … entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2010, the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socioeconomic …

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Selbständigkeit in Deutschland: der Trend zeigt seit langem nach oben

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander S.; Rusakova, Alina - In: DIW Wochenbericht 79 (2012) 4, pp. 3-12

Die unternehmerische Selbständigkeit hat in Deutschland in den letzten 20 Jahren einen starken Aufschwung erfahren. Die Zahl der Selbständigen ist zwischen 1991 und 2009 um 40 Prozent gestiegen. Verantwortlich für diese Entwicklung sind die Nachholprozesse in Ostdeutschland, der...

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Who Starts a Business and Who is Self-Employed in Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander S.; Rusakova, Alina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

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