We investigate the persistence of levels of self-employment and new business formation in different time periods and … under different framework conditions. The analysis shows that high levels of regional self-employment and new business … and that they have long-lasting effects. -- Entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; new business formation ; persistence …

increase in self-employment in Germany by 40 percent which can partly be attributed to the transformation process of East … starting a business. -- Entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; start-ups ; Germany …

with other industries. We also find a relatively strong overall effect of new business formation in knowledge … discuss the implications for entrepreneurship policy that can be derived from our findings. -- Entrepreneurship ; new business …

This paper reviews the current state of knowledge about the effect of new business formation on regional development … research and draw some conclusions for entrepreneurship policy. -- Entrepreneurship ; new business formation ; employment …

opportunity entrepreneurs, who voluntarily pursue a business opportunity, and necessity entrepreneurs, who lack alternative …

results show that the median self-employed entrepreneur with employees earns significantly more than the median salaried … employee, while the median solo entrepreneur earns less. However, solo entrepreneurship pays for those with a university …