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 …

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. …

We explore the role of different types of self-employment for a persistence of the regional level of entrepreneurship … regarded a rather weak form of entrepreneurship. …

start-up behaviour. We combine historical self-employment data (entrepreneurial tradition) with a psychological measure for … culture of entrepreneurship is positively related not only to the level of new business formation but also the amount of …

Germany, West TV was exogenously available only in some regions of the latter. Using regional and individual data, we show … that, after the Reunification, entrepreneurship is higher among the residents of East German regions with West TV signal …

-employment. -- entrepreneurial choice ; occupation-specific determinants of entrepreneurship ; risk preferences ; taste for variety …

Parker and Van Praag (2009) showed, based on theory, that the group status of the profession ‘entrepreneurship’ shapes … consequences of the group status of a profession, entrepreneurship in particular. If the group status of entrepreneurship is … be expected and respect. Furthermore, our results imply that entrepreneurship is associated with hard work, high incomes …

conducive to entrepreneurship and the notion that self-reliance, self-determination and proactive behavior are desirable from … individual and social point of view. We use both regional-level as well as geo-referenced individual level data and show that the … entrepreneurship incidence is higher among the residents of regions that had TV signal than in regions without TV, indicating a first …

macro-perspective. -- Implicit Institutions ; Entrepreneurship ; Socialism ; Capitalism …

entrepreneurship behavior. However, little is known about the role of the context in the relationship between personality and … entrepreneurship. This paper draws on the well-established psychological theory of vocational behavior, which emphasizes the crucial … occupations. -- entrepreneurship ; vocational choice ; Big Five ; occupational environment …