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Public Health Insurance and Entry into Self-Employment

Fossen, Frank M.; König, Johannes - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

insurance system on the entry rate into entrepreneurship. In Germany, the public health insurance system is mandatory for most … representative household panel data for Germany, which include personal health information, and we account for non-random sample ….e. about a third of the average annual entry rate. The results show that the phenomenon of entrepreneurship lock, which an …

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The Returns to Education for Opportunity Entrepreneurs, Necessity Entrepreneurs, and Paid Employees

Fossen, Frank M.; Büttner, Tobias J. M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

We assess the relevance of formal education for the productivity of the self-employed and distinguish between opportunity entrepreneurs, who voluntarily pursue a business opportunity, and necessity entrepreneurs, who lack alternative employment options. We expect differences in the returns to...

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Trust, Positive Reciprocity, and Negative Reciprocity: Do These Traits Impact Entrepreneurial Dynamics?

Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Experimental evidence reveals that there is a strong willingness to trust and to act in both positively and negatively reciprocal ways. So far it is rarely analyzed whether these variables of social cognition influence everyday decision making behavior. We focus on entrepreneurs who are...

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Personal Bankruptcy Law, Wealth and Entrepreneurship: Theory and Evidence from the Introduction of a "Fresh Start"

Fossen, Frank M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

, lenders may charge higher interest rates or ration credit supply, which can hamper entrepreneurship. Both aspects of a more … experiment, based on representative household panel data. The results indicate that the insurance effect of a more forgiving … entrepreneurship. …

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Risk Attitudes of Nascent Entrepreneurs: New Evidence from an Experimentally-Validated Survey

Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

The influence of risk aversion on the decision to become self-employed is a much discussed topic in the entrepreneurial literature. Conventional wisdom asserts that the role model of an entrepreneur requires to make risky decisions in uncertain environments and hence that more risk-averse...

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The Impact of Risk Attitudes on Entrepreneurial Survival

Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

Risk attitudes have an impact on not only the decision to become an entrepreneur but also the survival and failure rates of entrepreneurs. Whereas recent research underpins the theoretical proposition of a positive correlation between risk attitudes and the decision to become an entrepreneur,...

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Personality Characteristics and the Decision to Become and Stay Self-Employed

Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

one of the most prominent determinants of entrepreneurship – education – and approximately three times larger than …

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Income Taxes and Entrepreneurial Choice: Empirical Evidence from Germany

Fossen, Frank M.; Steiner, Viktor - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

below a certain threshold were not affected. Using data from two different sources, the SOEP and the Mikrozensus (LFS), we …

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