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employee, while the median solo entrepreneur earns less. However, solo entrepreneurship pays for those with a university …
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and drastic changes in the politic-economic environment. We thus conclude that regional entrepreneurship cultures do exist … and that they have long-lasting effects. -- Entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; new business formation ; persistence …
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We analyze whether start-up rates in different industries systematically change with business cycle variables. Using a unique data set at the industry level, we mostly find correlations that are consistent with counter-cyclical influences of the business cycle on entries in both innovative and...
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Germany experienced a unique rise in the level of self-employment in the first two decades following unification. Applying the non-linear Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique, we find that the main factors driving these changes in the overall level of self-employment are demographic...
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A common finding in the entrepreneurship literature is that business creation increases in recessions. This counter …-cyclical pattern is examined by separating business creation into two components: "opportunity" and "necessity" entrepreneurship … entrepreneurship, there are many challenges to creating a definition that is both objective and empirically feasible. We propose an …
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unemployment. -- Entrepreneurship ; push and pull motives ; survival and failure ; job creation …
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as entrepreneurs than do persons with particularly low or high risks. -- Entrepreneurship ; Risk Attitudes ; Survival and …
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Entrepreneurship is a local and dynamic phenomenon. We jointly investigate spatial spillovers and time persistence of … persistence of start-up activity, especially in the high-tech industry. This indicates that entrepreneurship is deeply rooted in … regions and underlines the importance of local entrepreneurship culture for new business formation. …
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We apply a multi-level approach to analyze simultaneously the effects of three groups of determinants on new firm formation: industry, location and change over time. The data is for West Germany and covers the 1983-97 period. Our analysis indicates that innovation activities and the...
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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 …
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