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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 2011, the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socio …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286464
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Does persistence in start-up activity reflect persistence in social capital?
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2015
Emerging literature shows that spatial differences in entrepreneurship tend to persist over longer periods of time. A … regional culture and a supporting environment in favor of entrepreneurship that particularly involves social capital. This … chapter summarizes the available empirical evidence on the regional persistence of entrepreneurship and elaborates in detail …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011348206
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Persistence of regional entrepreneurship: Causes, effects, and directions for future research
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2017
and the effect this persistence has on development. It is argued that a regional culture of entrepreneurship plays an … important role in explaining persistence of entrepreneurship. We discuss possible explanations for the emergence of a culture of … entrepreneurship, and how it becomes self-perpetuating over time. Finally, we draw policy implications and identify some promising …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011663362
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Self-employment and well-being across institutional contexts
Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina; Wyrwich, Michael - 2018
-employed people as well as of paid employees varies considerably across countries. Our results indicate that entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011985500
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Types of institutions and well-being of self-employed and paid employees in Europe
Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina; Wyrwich, Michael - 2019
This paper analyzes the role of different types of institutions, such as entrepreneurship- facilitating entry …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012109747
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The effect of regional entrepreneurship culture on economic development: Evidence for Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2014
We use the historical self-employment rate as an indicator of a regional culture of entrepreneurship and link this … measure to economic growth in recent periods. The results indicate that German regions with a high level of entrepreneurship … a regional culture of entrepreneurship is an important resource for regional growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369318
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Personality traits, self-employment, and professions
Fritsch, Michael; Rusakova, Alina - 2010
We investigate the effect of broad personality traits' - the Big Five - on an individua's decision to become self-employed. In particular, we test an overall indicator of the entrepreneurial personality. Since we find that the level of self-employment varies considerably across professions, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286449
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The Effect of Regional Entrepreneurship Culture on Economic Development - Evidence for Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
We use the historical self-employment rate as an indicator of a regional culture of entrepreneurship and link this … measure to economic growth in recent periods. The results indicate that German regions with a high level of entrepreneurship … a regional culture of entrepreneurship is an important resource for regional growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884466