positive for would-be entrepreneurs, in contrast to correlations in the data or uninstrumented estimates. Using firm data, we … also investigate how the newly insurance-induced entrepreneurs fare relative to their uninsured peers. Results suggest that …

Given the migration premium previously identified in an impact evaluation approach, this paper asks the question of why … migration is not more prominent, given such high premium associated with it. Using long-term household panel data drawn from … education in the migration premium. By separating migrants into those that moved out of original villages but remained within …

Germany experienced a unique rise in the level of self-employment in the first two decades following unification … employees and the overall level of self-employment in West Germany, their explanatory power is much lower for the stronger … increase of solo self-employment and of self-employment in former socialist East Germany. …

We analyze the sources of the rise in the levels of self-employment in Germany since reunification by applying the non …-linear Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique. This analysis is performed separately for East and West Germany in order to account …-employed people with employees and solo- entrepreneurs. The main factors determining changes in the level of self-employment are …

Based on representative micro data for Germany, we compare the incomes of self-employed with those of wage workers. Our … distribution in their previous salaried job. Surprisingly, the variation in hourly incomes of solo entrepreneurs is higher than … that of entrepreneurs with employees. …

Germany experienced a unique rise in the level of self-employment in the first two decades following unification … employees and the overall level of self-employment in West Germany, their explanatory power is much lower for the stronger … increase of solo self-employment and of self-employment in former socialist East Germany. …

Based on representative micro data for Germany, we compare the incomes of self-employed with those of wage workers. Our … distribution in their previous salaried job. Surprisingly, the variation in hourly incomes of solo entrepreneurs is higher than … that of entrepreneurs with employees. …

Based on representative micro data for Germany, we compare the incomes of self-employed with those of wage workers. Our … distribution in their previous salaried job. Surprisingly, the variation in hourly incomes of solo entrepreneurs is higher than … that of entrepreneurs with employees. …

Germany. Most of the ICT companies invest in new know-how and achieve - mainly as a result of own investments into research …