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Do entrepreneurs really earn less?
Sorgner, Alina; Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander - 2014
employee, while the median solo entrepreneur earns less. However, solo entrepreneurship pays for those with a university …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010438895
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Self-employment after socialism: Intergenerational links, entrepreneurial values, and human capital
Fritsch, Michael; Rusakova, Alina - 2012
Drawing on representative household data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we examine the role of an early precursor of entrepreneurial development - parental role models - for the individual decision to become self-employed in the post-unified Germany. The findings suggest that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291817
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The long persistence of regional entrepreneurship culture: Germany 1925 - 2005
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2012
and drastic changes in the politic-economic environment. We thus conclude that regional entrepreneurship cultures do exist …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291827
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How much of a socialist legacy? The reemergence of entrepreneurship in the East German transformation to a market economy
Fritsch, Michael; Bublitz, Elisabeth; Rusakova, Alina; … - 2012
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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291841
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Creative class and regional growth: empirical evidence from eight European countries
Boschma, Ron A.; Fritsch, Michael - 2007
We analyze the regional distribution and the effect of people in creative occupations based on data for more than 450 regions in eight European countries. The geographic distribution of the creative class is highly uneven. The creative class is not attracted to highly urbanized regions per se,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263818
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Start-ups, new business employment, and the effects on incumbents: who contributes the larger share?
Fritsch, Michael; Noseleit, Florian - 2008
We investigate the effects that new business formation has on employment in incumbent firms and compare it to the development in the start-ups. The analysis is performed for West German regions over the 1984-2002 period. It shows that the employment effects of new businesses on the incumbents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266670
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Ready to leave the ivory tower? Academic scientists' appeal to work in the private sector
Fritsch, Michael; Krabel, Stefan - 2009
employment or entrepreneurship. Strong willingness to freely distribute research findings are related to a low appeal of private …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267108
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Entrepreneurship and cultural creativity
Fritsch, Michael; Rusakova, Alina - 2010
We investigate the relationship between cultural creativity and entrepreneurship in two respects: first, cultural and … individuals of the German Socio Economic Panel (SOEP). We find, indeed, some significant links between entrepreneurship and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267115
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Why does the effect of new business formation differ across regions?
Fritsch, Michael; Schröter, Alexandra - 2007
We investigate regional differences of the effect of new business formation on employment growth in West Germany. We find an inverse 'u'-shaped relationship between the level of start-up activity and employment change. The main variables that shape the employment effects of new businesses in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276594
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Are more start-ups really better? Quantity and quality of new businesses and their effect on regional development
Fritsch, Michael; Schröter, Alexandra - 2009
at stimulating economic growth through entrepreneurship should focus on high-quality start-ups. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276641