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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 …

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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...

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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.

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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

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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

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Personal and regional determinants of entrepreneurial activities : empirical evidence from the regional entrepreneurship monitor (REM) Germany

Wagner, Joachim; Sternberg, Rolf G. - In: Review of regional research : a publication of the … 25 (2005) 1, pp. 92-105

Dieser Beitrag untersucht mit Daten aus dem Regionalen Entrepreneurship Monitor (REM) - einer repräsentativen …

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The impact of personal characteristics and the regional milieu on the transition from unemployment to self-employment : empirical evidence for Germany : empirische Ergebnisse für D...

Wagner, Joachim - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 223 (2003) 2, pp. 204-222

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...

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