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Stepping forward : personality traits, choice of profession, and the decision to become self-employed

Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina - 2013

We argue that entrepreneurial choice proceeds in at least in two steps, with vocational choice nearly always preceding choice of employment status, whether that be self-employment or dependent employment. Since the two decisions are interrelated, analysis of entrepreneurial choice as a single...

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Drivers of self-employment : a multivariate decomposition analysis for the case of Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Sorgner, Alina - 2013

We analyze the sources of the rise in the levels of self-employment in Germany since reunification by applying the non …-linear Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique. This analysis is performed separately for East and West Germany in order to account … particular increase of solo-entrepreneurship. -- entrepreneurship ; Germany , non-linear Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique …

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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 conditions, labor market regulations, quality of government, and perception of corruption for individual well-being among self-employed and paid employed individuals. Well-being is...

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Employment polarization in Germany : role of technology, trade and human capital

Consoli, Davide; Roy, Ipsita - 2015

in regional employment within a rich vocational education setting in West Germany during 1979 and 2012. Results confirm … occupations has been the greatest, in Germany there is a greater trend towards occupational upgrading and larger growth in …

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New business formation and incumbents' perception of competitive pressure

Changoluisa, Javier; Fritsch, Michael - 2016

start-ups across all regions of Germany. The productivity level of an incumbent moderates the extent of the perceived …

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Worker personality : another skill bias beyond education in the digital age

Bode, Eckhardt; Brunow, Stephan; Ott, Ingrid; Sorgner, Alina - 2016

We present empirical evidence suggesting that technological progress in the digital age will be biased not only with respect to skills acquired through education but also with respect to noncognitive skills (personality). We measure the direction of technological change by estimated future...

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Does successful innovation require large urban areas? : Germany as a counterexample

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2020

environmental conditions that are absent in smaller cities or remote and rural areas. Germany provides a clear counterexample to … such theories. We argue that a main force behind the geography of innovation in Germany is the country's federal tradition …

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Migration restrictions and long-term regional development : evidence from large-scale expulsions of Germans after World War II

Wyrwich, Michael - 2018

Migration restrictions are a hotly debated topic in the current refugee crisis in Europe. This paper investigates the long-term effect of a restrictive migration policy on regional development. The analysis is based on the large-scale expulsion of Germans from Cen-tral and Eastern Europe after...

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Regional knowledge, entrepreneurial culture and innovative start-ups over time and space : an empirical investigation

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2018

We investigate the role of entrepreneurship culture and the historical knowledge base of a region on current levels of new business formation in innovative industries. The analysis is for German regions and covers the time period 1907-2014. We find a pronounced positive relationship between high...

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Historical roots of entrepreneurial culture and innovation activity : an analysis for German regions

Fritsch, Michael; Obschonka, Martin; Wyrwich, Michael - 2018

There is a research gap with respect to understanding the role of entrepreneurial culture and tradition for actual start-up behaviour. We combine historical self-employment data (entrepreneurial tradition) with a psychological measure for entrepreneurial attitudes (entrepreneurial culture). The...

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