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Testing the 'Residential Rootedness': Hypothesis of Self-Employment for Germany and the UK
Reuschke, Darja; Ham, Maarten Van - 2011
Based on the notion that entrepreneurship is a 'local event' , the literature argues that selfemployed workers and … Germany and the UK whether the self-employed are less likely to move or migrate than employees. Using longitudinal data from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601055
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Testing the 'Residential Rootedness': Hypothesis of Self-Employment for Germany and the UK
Reuschke, Darja; Ham, Maarten Van - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011
Based on the notion that entrepreneurship is a 'local event' , the literature argues that selfemployed workers and … Germany and the UK whether the self-employed are less likely to move or migrate than employees. Using longitudinal data from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368913
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New Start-ups and Firm In-migration - Evidence from the Swedish Wholesale Trade Industry
Daunfeldt, Sven-Olov; Elert, Niklas; Rudholm, Niklas - Handelns Utredningsinstitut (HUI Research) - 2011
data-set that covers 13,471 limited liability firms in the Swedish wholesale trade industries during the period 2000 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009225854
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When is Gibrat's Law a Law?
Daunfeldt, Sven-Olov; Elert, Niklas - Handelns Utredningsinstitut (HUI Research) - 2010
The purpose of this paper is to investigate if the industry context matters for whether Gibrat's law is rejected or not using a dataset that consists of all limited firms in 5-digit NACE-industries in Sweden during 1998-2004. The results reject Gibrat's law on an aggregate level, since small...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009225856
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The economic contribution of high-growth firms: Do definitions matter?
Daunfeldt, Sven-Olov; Elert, Niklas; Johansson, Dan - Handelns Utredningsinstitut (HUI Research) - 2010
Prior studies have defined high-growth firms (HGFs) in terms of sales or employment, and analyzed their contribution to employment growth. We define HGFs by employment and sales and add definitions of value added and productivity. We examine the contribution of HGFs to employment growth,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009150721
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Are Self-Employed Really Happier than Employees? An Approach Modelling Adaptation and Anticipation Effects to Self-Employment and General Job Changes
Hanglberger, Dominik; Merz, Joachim - 2011
Empirical analyses using cross-sectional and panel data found significantly higher levels of job satisfaction for self … changes. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Survey (SOEP) we find that becoming self-employed is associated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601018
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Self-Employment and Geographical Mobility in Germany
Reuschke, Darja - 2011
are more rooted in place are more likely to enter self-employment. The paper draws on large-scale panel data covering the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601059
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Reichtum in Niedersachsen und anderen Bundesländern: Ergebnisse aus der Einkommensteuer-Geschäftsstatistik 2003 für Selbständige (Freie Berufe und Unternehmer) und abhängig Beschäf...
Böhm, Paul; Merz, Joachim - 2008
Diese Studie untersucht den Einkommensreichtum in den deutschen Bundesländern 2003 mit Fokus auf das Land Niedersachsen. Mit den Mikrodaten der Einkommensteuer-Geschäftsstatistik 2003 werden erstmals Reichtumsquoten und Intensitäten des Reichtums für Selbständige als Freie Berufe und...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290482
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Are self-employed really happier than employees? An approach modelling adaptation and anticipation effects to self-employment and general job changes
Hanglberger, Dominik; Merz, Joachim - 2011
Empirical analyses using cross-sectional and panel data found significantly higher levels of job satisfaction for self … changes. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Survey (SOEP) we find that becoming self-employed is associated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290515
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Self-Employment and Geographical Mobility in Germany
Reuschke, Darja - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011
are more rooted in place are more likely to enter self-employment. The paper draws on large-scale panel data covering the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009399837