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Caliendo, Marco - 2019

As the policy debate on entrepreneurship increasingly centers on firm growth in terms of job creation, it is important to better understand which variables influence the first hiring decision and which ones influence the subsequent survival as an employer. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel...

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Gender Differences in Entrepreneurial Choice and Risk Aversion : A Decomposition Based on a Microeconometric Model

Fossen, Frank M. - 2009

and dependent employment are estimated separately by gender, accounting for non-random selection into the employment …Why are female entrepreneurs so rare? Women have both to a lower entry rate into self-employment and a higher exit rate … in Germany. To explain the gender gap, a structural microeconometric model of the transition rates is estimated, which …

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The returns to education for opportunity entrepreneurs, necessity entrepreneurs, and paid employees

Fossen, Frank M.; Büttner, Tobias J. M. - 2012

employment options. We expect differences in the returns to education between these groups because of different levels of control …

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

Fossen, Frank M.; Büttner, Tobias J. M. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012

employment options. We expect differences in the returns to education between these groups because of different levels of control …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128972

Multidimensional Measurement of Richness: Theory and an Application to Germany

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico - 2010

children. Mobility between different affluence counts between 2002 and 2007 is rather low and existing changes are mostly …

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Multidimensional Measurement of Richness: Theory and an Application to Germany

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2010

children. Mobility between different affluence counts between 2002 and 2007 is rather low and existing changes are mostly …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008522629

Lower and Upper Bounds of Unfair Inequality: Theory and Evidence for Germany and the US

Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - 2011

countries. We discuss the cross-country differences and similarities in IOp in the light of differences in social mobility and …

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Accounting for the spouse when measuring inequality of opportunity

Peichl, Andreas; Ungerer, Martin - 2015

Existing literature on inequality of opportunity (IOp) has failed to address the question as to how the circumstances and choices of spouses in a couple should be treated. By omitting information relevant to the spouse in IOp estimations, the implicit assumption was full responsibility for the...

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Equality of opportunity: East vs. West Germany

Peichl, Andreas; Ungerer, Martin - 2015

The case of German reunification has been subject to extensive research on earnings inequality and labor market integration. however, little is known about the development of equality of opportunity (EOp) in East and West Germany after 1990.Using German micro data, we empirically analyze how...

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Lower and Upper Bounds of Unfair Inequality: Theory and Evidence for Germany and the US

Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011

countries. We discuss the cross-country differences and similarities in IOp in the light of differences in social mobility and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009277156