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Does self-employment increase the economic well-being of low-skilled workers?
Lofstrom, Magnus - In: Small Business Economics 40 (2013) 4, pp. 933-952
Low-skilled workers do not fare well in today’s skill intensive economy and their opportunities continue to diminish. Utilizing data from the survey of income and program participation, this paper provides an analysis of the economic returns to business ownership among low-skilled workers and...
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Are the self-employed really jacks-of-all-trades? Testing the assumptions and implications of Lazear’s theory of entrepreneurship with German data
Lechmann, Daniel; Schnabel, Claus - In: Small Business Economics 42 (2014) 1, pp. 59-76
-of-all-trades” view of entrepreneurship by Lazear (Am Econ Rev 94(2): 208–211, <CitationRef CitationID="CR27">2004</CitationRef …
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The Changing Face of Entrepreneurship in Germany
Bergmann, Heiko; Sternberg, Rolf - In: Small Business Economics 28 (2007) 2, pp. 205-221
entrepreneurship and nascent necessity entrepreneurship. Whereas the results for opportunity entrepreneurship are in line with … theoretical predictions the factors influencing necessity entrepreneurship are far more difficult to determine. The most … nascent entrepreneurship activities. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2007 …
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Entrepreneurship: The Role of Clusters Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Evidence from Germany
Rocha, Hector; Sternberg, Rolf - In: Small Business Economics 24 (2005) 3, pp. 267-292
This paper is about the impact of clusters on entrepreneurship at the regional level. Defining entrepreneurship as the … entrepreneurship at the regional level? Second, if clusters are associated with different levels of entrepreneurship, what explains … and empirical research to explain the impact of clusters on entrepreneurship at the regional level. This paper uses the 97 …
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The effect of new business formation on regional development over time: the case of Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - In: Small Business Economics 30 (2008) 1, pp. 15-29
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