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Public health insurance and entry into self-employment

Fossen, Frank M.; König, Johannes - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Freie Universität … - 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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Risk attitudes and private business equity

Fossen, Frank M. - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Freie Universität … - 2012

Why do people engage in entrepreneurship and commit large parts of their personal wealth to their business, despite … and exit decisions. Nonpecuniary benefits of entrepreneurship, such as being independent in the workplace, also contribute …

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Personal bankcuptcy law, wealth and entrepreneurship - Theory and evidence from the introduction of a 'fresh start'

Fossen, Frank M. - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Freie Universität … - 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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The returns to education for opportunity entrepreneurs, necessity entrepreneurs, and paid employees

Fossen, Frank M.; Büttner, Tobias J. M. - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Freie Universität … - 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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Risk Attitudes of Nascent Entrepreneurs: New Evidence from an Experimentally Validated Survey

Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander S. - 2006

The in°uence of risk aversion on the decision to become self-employed is a much discussed topic in the entrepreneurial literature. Conventional wisdom asserts that being an entrepreneur means making risky decisions in uncertain environments; hence more risk-averse individuals are less likely to...

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

Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2006

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

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Personality characteristics and the decision to become and stay self-employed

Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander S. - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Freie Universität … - 2011

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

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