research and draw some conclusions for entrepreneurship policy. …

that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What … answer the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to (i) employment generation and dynamics, (ii) innovation … group'? A fourth type of contribution studied is the role of entrepreneurship in increasing individuals' utility levels …

sectoral employment for 270 German labour market regions over the period 1999-2005. Our unique panel dataset includes … subsequent growth of employment in the Medical & Optical Equipment industry as well as in the Electrics & Electronics sector …

. In particular, we test an overall indicator of the entrepreneurial personality. Since we find that the level of self-employment …We investigate the effect of broad personality traits-the Big Five-on an individual's decision to become self- employed … propensity be become self-employed. However, the strength of this link is fairly weak and differs across professions, indicating …

Mounting empirical evidence shows that kids of self-employed parents are very likely to become entrepreneurs themselves … context factors like their motivation for being self-employed (e.g., necessity- vs. opportunity driven). I also think that …

suggests that entrepreneurship is a key driver of economic development, and one that has long-run effects. …

Based on representative data, the German Micro-Census, we provide an overview of the development of self-employment and … increase in self-employment in Germany by 40 percent which can partly be attributed to the transformation process of East … entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2011, the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socio …