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Personality Characteristics and the Decision to Become and Stay Self-Employed

Caliendo, Marco - 2011

This paper systematically investigates whether different kinds of personality characteristics influence entrepreneurial development. On the basis of a large, representative household panel survey, we examine the extent to which the Big Five traits and further personality characteristics, which...

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Trust, Positive Reciprocity, and Negative Reciprocity : Do These Traits Impact Entrepreneurial Dynamics?

Caliendo, Marco - 2010

willingness to trust other people influences the probability of starting a business; ii) trust, positive reciprocity, and negative … probability of being an entrepreneur versus an employee or a manager. Our findings reveal that, in particular, trust impacts …

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Do Entrepreneurs Really Earn Less?

Sorgner, Alina - 2014

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 …

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Searching for the Entrepreneurial Personality : New Evidence and Avenues for Further Research

Caliendo, Marco; Kritikos, Alexander - 2021

, while, at the same time, it is clear that stereotypes of what makes the ideal entrepreneur must be revisited. This …

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Who Starts a Business and Who is Self-Employed in Germany

Fritsch, Michael - 2012

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

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