This paper examines the effects of the reform of the German Trade and Crafts Code of 2004, which removed entry requirements in 54 out of 95 crafts occupations. Since then, the Meister degree (advanced dual training degree) is no longer a prerequisite for opening a business in these occupations....

Rostam-Afschar (2014) analyzes the impact of the deregulation of the German Trade and Crafts Code of 2004 on entrepreneurial activity, using German microcensus (MC) data. He finds a positive effect on market entry and self-employment and no change in exit probabilities. As these results...

This paper examines the effects of the reform of the German Trade and Crafts Code of 2004, which removed entry requirements in 54 out of 95 crafts occupations. Since then, the Meister degree (advanced dual training degree) is no longer a prerequisite for opening a business in these occupations....

This volume contains the articles and papers which predominately have been published in international journals or edited volumes in the period from 1979 to 2009. The single articles reflect the main research areas of the editor and his co-authors who were engaged at the Kiel Institute of World...