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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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The availability of child care and mothers' employment in West Germany

Kreyenfeld, Michaela; Hank, Karsten - 1999

the effects of child care on mothers' employment in Germany should rather focus on the availabililty than on the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011432595

Business cycles, unemployment and entrepreneurial entry : first evidence from Germany

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

Germany reveals that start-up activities are positively influenced by unemployment rates and that the cyclical component of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009723921

A multilevel analysis of child care and the transition to motherhood in Western Germany

Hank, Karsten; Kreyenfeld, Michaela - 2002

in Germany. We argue that in the European institutional context the availability of public day care and informal child …

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Kinderbetreuung und Fertilität in Deutschland

Hank, Karsten; Kreyenfeld, Michaela; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2003

Eine zentrale Rolle in der aktuellen Diskussion um eine bessere Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf spielt die Versorgung mit bedarfsgerechter Kinderbetreuung. Eine umfassendes Angebot an Betreuungsplätzen fördert jedoch nicht nur die Müttererwerbstätigkeit, sondern könnte sich auch positiv...

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Do entrepreneurs really earn less?

Sorgner, Alina; Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander - 2014

Based on representative micro data for Germany, we compare the incomes of self-employed with those of wage workers. Our …

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The distribution and heterogeneity of technical efficiency within industries : an empirical assessment

Fritsch, Michael (contributor); Stephan, Andreas (contributor) - 2004

This paper analyzes the distribution of technical efficiency within manufacturing industries. Using a representative sample of 35,000 firms in 255 industries of the German cost structure census, technical efficiencies are estimated by applying a deterministic frontier production function with...

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What causes cross-industry differences of technical efficiency? : An empirical investigation

Fritsch, Michael (contributor); Stephan, Andreas (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Using micro-level panel data of about 35,000 firms from the German Cost Structure Census, we analyze the differences of technical efficiency across industries. Technical efficiency is estimated by firms' fixed effects. One striking result is that the distribution of technical efficiency across...

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Business cycles and start-ups across industries : an empirical analysis of German regions

Konon, Alexander; Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander - 2018

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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New firm formation by industry over space and time : a multi-level analysis

Fritsch, Michael; Falck, Oliver - 2003

formation: industry, location and change over time. The data is for West Germany and covers the 1983-97 period. Our analysis …

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