entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2011, the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socio …

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

for the East German recovery of entrepreneurship after 40 years of socialist regime. We find different results for self …-employed people with employees and solo- entrepreneurs. The main factors determining changes in the level of self-employment are … particular increase of solo-entrepreneurship. …

employee, while the median solo entrepreneur earns less. However, solo entrepreneurship pays for those with a university … distribution in their previous salaried job. Surprisingly, the variation in hourly incomes of solo entrepreneurs is higher than … that of entrepreneurs with employees. …

We use the historical self-employment rate as an indicator of a regional culture of entrepreneurship and link this … measure to economic growth in recent periods. The results indicate that German regions with a high level of entrepreneurship … a regional culture of entrepreneurship is an important resource for regional growth. …

The 40 years of socialist regime in East Germany were characterized by a massive anti-entrepreneurship policy. We … investigate the reemergence of entrepreneurship in East Germany during its transformation to a market economy following the … market economy, suggesting the existence of a long-lasting regional entrepreneurship culture. …

institutions with better incentive structures for entrepreneurs are perceived as being of higher quality by this group. We find … institutional quality is related to less acceptance by entrepreneurs compared to the rest of society. …

Parker and Van Praag (2009) showed, based on theory, that the group status of the profession 'entrepreneurship' shapes … consequences of the group status of a profession, entrepreneurship in particular. If the group status of entrepreneurship is … be expected and respect. Furthermore, our results imply that entrepreneurship is associated with hard work, high incomes …