Folklore has it that the comparatively low proportion of self-employed in Germany in in part due to a habit that might be termed "stigmatisation of failure": taking a second chance to build one's own firm after failing as a self-employed is said to be much more difficult here than in other...

Folklore has it that the comparatively low proportion of self-employed in Germany is in part due to a habit that might be termed "stigmatisation of failure": taking a second chance to build one's own firm after failing as a self-employed is said to be much more difficult here than in other...

Dieser Beitrag betrachtet die Entscheidung von Arbeitslosen für oder gegen einen Schritt in die Selbständigkeit. Hierbei richtet er sein Augenmerk auf die Bedeutung individueller Charakteristika einerseits und auf die Rolle des regionalen Gründungsklimas anderseits. Die ökonometrische...