insurance system on the entry rate into entrepreneurship. In Germany, the public health insurance system is mandatory for most … based on representative household panel data for Germany, which include personal health information, and we account for … points, i.e. about a third of the average annual entry rate. The results show that the phenomenon of entrepreneurship lock …

Based on representative micro data for Germany, we compare the incomes of self-employed with those of wage workers. Our … employee, while the median solo entrepreneur earns less. However, solo entrepreneurship pays for those with a university …

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hypotheses, we use household survey panel data for Germany eliciting the personal wealth composition in detail in 2002, 2007, and … selectioninto entrepreneurship, we use changes in entry regulation into skilled trades. Estimation results are consistent with the …

As the policy debate on entrepreneurship increasingly centers on firm growth in terms of job creation, it is important …

Entrepreneurship is a local and dynamic phenomenon. We jointly investigate spatial spillovers and time persistence of … regional new business formation. Using panel data from all 402 German counties for 1996-2011, we estimate dynamic spatial panel … persistence of start-up activity, especially in the high-tech industry. This indicates that entrepreneurship is deeply rooted in …

When possible income tax reforms are debated, the suspected impact on entrepreneurship is often used as an argument in … entrepreneurship based on microeconometric research have not been provided by the literature, however. This paper estimates the ex … taxation. -- Entrepreneurship ; income taxation, risk ; tax reform 2000 ; flat tax …