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 …

Based on representative data, the German Micro-Census, we provide an overview of the development of self-employment and … entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2010, the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socioeconomic … starting a business. -- Entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; start-ups ; Germany …

; necessity ; entrepreneurship …

necessity entrepreneurship. We use a geographically weighted regression (GWR) approach to analyze whether the effect of self … than regions with a significant negative effect. The concept of equilibrium rate of entrepreneurship is applied in an …

extent it is the business cycle or the employment status influencing entry rates into entrepreneurship. Our analysis for …

unique data set at the industry level, we mostly find correlations that are consistent with counter-cyclical influences of …

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 …

in their firms. Using Finnish register data and employing firm fixed effects, we find that the gender pay gap is …

fare in the labor market compared to natives. Employing data from the German Socioeconomic Panel 2000 release we find that …