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Education is a well-known driver of (entrepreneurial) income. The measurement of its influence, however, suffers from endogeneity suspicion. For instance, ability and occupational choice are mentioned as driving both the level of (entrepreneurial) income and of education. Using instrumental...
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Using data of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) earnings differentials between self-employed and wage …-employed workers in the German labor market are explored. Previous research based on US data reports lower incomes for entrepreneurs …
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, lenders may charge higher interest rates or ration credit supply, which can hamper entrepreneurship. Both aspects of a more … natural experiment, based on representative household panel data. The results indicate that the insurance effect of a more … entrepreneurship. …
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also for entrepreneurship, innovation, and thus, economic growth. We analyze the level and the determinants of self …-employment in creative professions at the level of individuals. The analysis is based on the representative micro data of the German … entrepreneur. Investigating the determinants of entrepreneurship within the creative class as compared to non-creative professions …
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Drawing on representative household data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we examine the role of an early …
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We assess the relevance of formal education for the productivity of the self-employed and distinguish between opportunity entrepreneurs, who voluntarily pursue a business opportunity, and necessity entrepreneurs, who lack alternative employment options. We expect differences in the returns to...
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entrepreneurs with the traits of potential entrepreneurs. Based on a simple theoretical model estimated with SOEP data and analyzed …
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hypotheses, we use household survey panel data for Germany eliciting the personal wealth composition in detail in 2002, 2007, and … into entrepreneurship, we use changes in entry regulation into skilled trades. Estimation results are consistent with the …
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novel survey data from the top of the wealth distribution, which have been added to the 2019 German Socio-economic Panel … Study. The data include private wealth balance sheets, in particular the value of own private business assets, and a …
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As the policy debate on entrepreneurship increasingly centers on firm growth in terms of job creation, it is important …
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