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

employee, while the median solo entrepreneur earns less. However, solo entrepreneurship pays for those with a university …

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Circular movements And time away from the host country

Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2003

The economic literature has largely overlooked the importance of repeat migration. This paper studies repeat or circular migration as it is manifested by the frequency of exits of migrants living in Germany, and by the number of years being away from the host country using count data models....

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E-business in service industries : usage patterns and service gaps

Preißl, Brigitte - 2003

The empirical data presented here have been derived from a company survey which has been conducted in eight service sectors across the EU. From these eight sectors four sectors have been chosen for the present analysis. The criterion for selection was comparability with respect to market...

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Why did self-employment increase so strongly in Germany?

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Sorgner, Alina - 2015 - This version: January 2015

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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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

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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The long persistence of regional entrepreneurship culture : Germany 1925 - 2005

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2012

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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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 … starting a business. -- Entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; start-ups ; Germany …

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Entry regulation and entrepreneurship : empirical evidence from a German natural experiment

Rostam-Afschar, Davud - 2010

; Entrepreneurship ; Educational entry requirement ; Natural experiment ; Craftsmanship …

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Do regions with entrepreneurial neighbors perform better? : A spatial econometric approach for German regions

Pijnenburg, Katharina; Cholodilin, Konstantin Arkadʹevič - 2011

We use a neoclassical production function to analyze the effects of knowledge spillovers via entrepreneurship on … spillover effects via entrepreneurship within a certain region. Between regions, entrepreneurship as a vehicle by which … evidence for regionally bounded knowledge spillover effects via entrepreneurship. -- Entrepreneurship capital ; regional output …

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