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What makes an entrepreneur and does it pay? Native men, Turks, and other migrants in Germany

Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Shachmurove, Yochanan; Constant, … - 2003

This paper focuses on the entrepreneurial endeavors of immigrants and natives in Germany. We pay closer attention to Turks, since they are the largest immigrant group with a strong entrepreneurial tradition, and the self-employed Turks in Germany represent about 70% of all Turkish entrepreneurs...

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Businesswomen in Germany and their performance by ethnicity: it pays to be self-employed

Constant, Amelie F. - 2008

In this paper I assert that the entrepreneurial spirit can also exist in salaried jobs. I study the determinants of wages and the labor market success of two kinds of entrepreneurial women in Germany - self-employed and salaried businesswomen - and investigate whether ethnicity is important in...

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Entrepreneurs' gender and financial constraints: evidence from international data

Muravyev, Alexander; Schäfer, Dorothea; Talavera, Oleksandr - 2007

This paper studies gender discrimination against entrepreneurs by financial institutions. Based on the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) that covers firms in several countries of Western Europe as well as in the transition countries of Eastern Europe, our analysis...

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Does quality make a difference? Employment effects of high- and low-quality start-ups

Fritsch, Michael; Schroeter, Alexandra - 2011

discuss the implications for entrepreneurship policy that can be derived from our findings. …

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New business formation and regional development: A survey and assessment of the evidence

Fritsch, Michael - 2011

research and draw some conclusions for entrepreneurship policy. …

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Entrepreneurship : Theorie, Empirie, Politik

Fritsch, Michael - 2019 - 2., überarbeitete und aktualisierte Auflage

Der Begriff Entrepreneurship steht für unternehmerische Initiative, Kreativität, Innovation und das Eingehen … Bestimmungsgründe von Entrepreneurship und zeigt seine Bedeutung für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft auf. Es werden typische Probleme und … Entwicklungsverläufe junger Unternehmen aufgezeigt und wirtschaftspolitische Handlungsoptionen diskutiert. Der Inhalt Entrepreneurship …

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Entrepreneurship : Theorie, Empirie, Politik

Fritsch, Michael - 2016 - 1. Aufl. 2016

Entrepreneurship, Gründungen, Marktdynamik -- Unternehmerische Selbständigkeit, Gründungsgeschehen und Marktdynamik in … Deutschland -- Entrepreneurial Choice: Wer gründet ein Unternehmen? Merkmale von Gründern -- Entrepreneurship als Prozess … Unternehmensgründungen -- Wirkungen von Gründungsprozessen -- Entrepreneurship-Politik. …

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Circular Movements And Time Away From The Host Country

Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Constant, Amelie F. - 2003

The economic literature has largely overlooked the importance of repeat migration. This paper studies repeat or circular migration as it is manifested by the frequency of exits of migrants living in Germany, and by the number of years being away from the host country using count data models....

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Business cycles and start-ups across industries: An empirical analysis of German regions

Konon, Alexander; Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander - 2018

We analyze whether start-up rates in different industries systematically change with business cycle variables. Using a unique data set at the industry level, we mostly find correlations that are consistent with counter-cyclical influences of the business cycle on entries in both innovative and...

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Self-Employment Dynamics Across the Business Cycle: Migrants Versus Natives

Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2004

Economically active people are either in gainful employment, are unemployed or self-employed. We are interested in the dynamics of the transitions between these states across the business cycle. It is generally perceived that employment or self-employment are absorbing states. However,...

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