wages in start‐ups unambiguously predicts the existence and the direction of wage differentials between spin‐offs and non … to other high‐tech start‐ups. However, neither a comprehensive theoretical assessment nor the empirical literature on …. Using a unique linked employer‐employee data set of German high‐tech start‐ups, we estimate Mincer‐type wage regressions …

structure ; start-ups ; KfW/ZEW Start-up Panel ; Germany …

employment growth and postentry innovation activities of the new firm. We focus on start-ups for which a new idea (a new product … for setting up the new business. These firms are denoted corporate spinoffs. Using data from German start-ups founded in … outperform other start-ups founded by former employees of incumbent private firms that are not based on an essential idea in …

So far, there has been no data set which observes firm formations in Germany not only on a cross-sectional basis using … Bankengruppe and Creditreform set up a panel study of newly founded firms in Germany: the KfW/ZEW Start-up Panel. In each of the … ; panel data ; Germany …

of a sample of young technology-oriented firms in Germany and the UK. The empirical results confirm that neither youth …

Germany, this paper presents the first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between exports and profitability. It … exporters is not completely absorbed by the extra costs of exporting or by higher wages paid by internationally active firms. …

-based firms in Germany and the UK, this paper applies logistic regressions and analyses empirically the probabilities of changing …