should have a higher probability of being self-employed than others. The empirical results for Germany support this jack …

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 …

This paper contributes to empirical research in entrepreneurship by focusing on the link between two stylized facts … that emerged from a number of studies for Germany and other countries: Entry rates differ between regions, and the … Entrepreneurship Monitor (REM). We use a version of the probit model that takes care of the regional stratification of the data, and …

and native men in Germany and to understand their underlying drive into self-employment. Employing data from the German … Socioeconomic Panel 2000 release we find that self-employment is not significantly affected by exposure to Germany or by human … self-employed than native Germans. The earnings of self-employed men increase with exposure to Germany, hours worked and …

This paper focuses on the entrepreneurial undertaking of immigrants and natives in Germany. We first study factors that … over time. However, when immigrants have accumulated more years of residence in Germany, the likelihood is increasing again …. -- entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; occupational choice ; immigrants ; wage ; differentials …