"The transformation process in the new Federal states is often subdivided into a 'transformation from above' (the splitting up of the old enterprises) and a 'transformation from below' (establishment of new enterprises). In this article these two partial processes are considered both with regard...

"In this paper the question as to the determinants of the search for self-employment instead of a job in dependent employment is analysed. Among other things it is tested whether in the group of jobseekers, the unemployed are more likely than the economically active or other non-active people to...