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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 in the mid- 1920s have higher start-up rates about 80...

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Entrepreneurship in the East German transition process: Lessons for the Korean Peninsula

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2016

This paper summarizes the role of entrepreneurship in the East German transformation process that followed the breakdown of the socialist regime and subsequent unification with West Germany. The main aim of this exercise is to derive conclusions and recommendations for a potential unification of...

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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 … countries measured by data from EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC). We find that institutions never … affected both occupational groups in opposite ways. Our findings indicate that labor market institutions do not play an …

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The value orientation of entrepreneurs in challenging institutional contexts: Insights from a unique historical episode

Wyrwich, Michael - 2020

Previous research suggests that entrepreneurs value autonomy more than non-entrepreneurs do across countries and institutional contexts. However, most evidence exists for contexts with more or less entrepreneurship-facilitating and stable institutional frame-work conditions while we do not know...

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The effect of being Protestant on entrepreneurial choice

Wyrwich, Michael - 2018

This brief research note identifies a causal effect of being Protestant on entrepreneurial choice.

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Initial conditions and regional performance in the aftermath of disruptive shocks: The case of East Germany after socialism

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2020

We investigate how initial conditions that existed in East Germany at the end of the socialist regime impact regional development during the turbulent shock transition to a market economic system. Our investigation spans a period of almost 30 years. Both the self-employment rate (an indication...

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