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Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander - 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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Start-ups by the unemployed: characteristics, survival and direct employment effects

Caliendo, Marco (contributor); … - 2007

,100 start-ups founded by unemployed persons in Germany. Individuals were subsidized under two different schemes, and we are able …

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Risk attitudes of nascent entrepreneurs : new evidence from an experimentally-validated survey

Caliendo, Marco (contributor); Fossen, Frank M. (contributor) - 2006

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

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Demand side analysis of microlending markets in Germany

Kritikos, Alexander; Kneiding, Christoph; Germelmann, … - 2009

services exists. The present pilot study explores customer preferences for microlending products in Germany. Among the …

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“I want to, but I also need to” : start-ups resulting from opportunity and necessity

Caliendo, Marco; Kritikos, Alexander - 2009

When unemployed persons go into business, they often are characterized as necessity entrepreneurs, because push factors, namely their unemployment, likely prompted their decision. In contrast to this, business founders who have been previously employed represent opportunity entrepreneurs because...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003932123

Is entrepreneurial success predictable? : An ex-ante analysis of the character-based approach

Caliendo, Marco (contributor); … - 2007

This paper empirically analyzes whether the character-based approach, which is based on the personality structure and the human capital of business founders, allows prediction of entrepreneurial success. A unique data set is used consisting of 414 previously unemployed persons whose personal...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003540253

Die reformierte Gründungsförderung für Arbeitslose : Chancen und Risiken

Caliendo, Marco (contributor); … - 2007

Support schemes for unemployed aiming for self-employment have been recently reformed several times. In 2003, the "start-up subsidyʺ was added to the existing "bridging allowanceʺ. In 2006 both instruments were merged to the "Gründungszuschussʺ. Since the bridging allowance has been...

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Who starts a business and who is self-employed in Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Rusakova, Alina - 2012

entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2010, the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socioeconomic … increase in self-employment in Germany by 40 percent which can partly be attributed to the transformation process of East … Germany and to the shift to the service sector. We notice a yearly start-up rate of 1 percent among the working population …

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Trust, positive reciprocity, and negative reciprocity : do these traits impact entrepreneurial dynamics?

Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander - 2010

Experimental evidence reveals that there is a strong willingness to trust and to act in both positively and negatively reciprocal ways. So far it is rarely analyzed whether these variables of social cognition influence everyday decision making behavior. We focus on entrepreneurs who are...

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Business cycles, unemployment and entrepreneurial entry : evidence from Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Pijnenburg, Katharina - 2013

what extent business cycles or unemployment levels influence entries into entrepreneurship. Our analysis for Germany …

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