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Are Nascent Entrepreneurs Jacks-of-All-Trades? A Test of Lazear's Theory of Entrepreneurship with German Data
Wagner, Joachim - 2021
In a recent paper Edward Lazear proposed the jack-of-all-trades view of entrepreneurship. Based on a coherent model of …. This paper contributes to the entrepreneurship literature by empirically testing Lazear's hypothesis using a large recent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319667
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The impact of risk aversion, role models, and the regional milieu on the transition from unemployment to self-emloyment : empirical evidence for Germany
Wagner, Joachim - 2002
The focus of this paper is on the choice of the unemployed between becoming an entrepreneur or not. It contributes to the literature by empirically investigating two hitherto neglected issues: What is the impact of risk aversion and personal contact with a role model in shaping the decision to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013357710
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Testing Lazear's jack-of-all-trades view of entrepreneurship with German micro data
Wagner, Joachim - 2002
This paper tests the theory recently put forward by Edward Lazear that individuals with competence in many skills should have a higher probability of being self-employed than others. The empirical results for Germany support this jack-of-all-trades view.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011413672
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The impact of risk aversion, role models, and the regional milieu on the transition from unemployment to self-employment : empirical evidence for Germany
Wagner, Joachim - 2002
The focus of this paper is on the choice of the unemployed between becoming an entrepreneur or not. It contributes to the literature by empirically investigating two hitherto neglected issues: What is the impact of risk aversion and personal contact with a role model in shaping the decision to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410741
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Involuntary entrepreneurship in Germany
Welter, Friederike (contributor); Kolb, Susanne (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003479723
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What a difference a Y makes-female and male nascent entrepreneurs in Germany
Wagner, Joachim - In: Small business economics : an entrepreneurship journal 28 (2007) 1, pp. 1-21
In western industrialized countries men are on average more than twice as active in entrepreneurship as women. Based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003423981
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Gründerstudie 06/07 der Universität Siegen : auf dem Weg zur Unternehmer-Uni
Heinemann, Daniel (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003581171
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Are nascent entrepreneurs "Jacks-of-all-trades"? : a test of Lazear's theory of entrepreneurship with German data
Wagner, Joachim - In: Applied economics 38 (2006) 20, pp. 2415-2419
In a recent paper Edward Lazear proposed the "Jack-of-all-trades" view of entrepreneurship. Based on a coherent model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003393923
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Personal and regional determinants of entrepreneurial activities : empirical evidence from the REM Germany
Wagner, Joachim; Sternberg, Rolf G. - 2002
This paper contributes to empirical research in entrepreneurship by focusing on the link between two stylized facts … Entrepreneurship Monitor (REM). We use a version of the probit model that takes care of the regional stratification of the data, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414681
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Perspektiven der Mittelstandsforschung : ökonomische Analysen zu Selbständigkeit, freien Berufen und KMU ; [enthält die überarbeiteten Vorträge des 1. CREPS-Workshops, der vom 27....
Merz, Joachim (contributor); Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002200474