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Do entrepreneurs really earn less? : conference paper

Sorgner, Alina; Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander - 2014

We compare, based on German data, the income of self-employed individuals with and without employees with the income of dependently employed individuals. Our results show that self-employed with employees tend to earn significantly higher incomes than their salaried counterparts, while with the...

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The Long Persistence of Regional Entrepreneurship Culture: Germany 1925-2007

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2012

-specific determinants of entrepreneurship also remain relatively constant over time. Another explanation could be the existence of a … regional entrepreneurship culture. Such an entrepreneurial culture could maybe even outwear considerable ‚jumps‘ in the … regional entrepreneurship in three different scenarios with different degrees of changes of the economic conditions. The basic …

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Selbständigkeit in Deutschland: Der Trend zeigt seit langem nach oben

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Rusakova, Alina - In: DIW Wochenbericht 79 (2012) 4, pp. 3-12

Die unternehmerische Selbständigkeit hat in Deutschland in den letzten 20 Jahren einen starken Aufschwung erfahren. Die Zahl der Selbständigen ist zwischen 1991 und 2009 um 40 Prozent gestiegen. Verantwortlich für diese Entwicklung sind die Nachholprozesse in Ostdeutschland, der...

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Self-employment in Germany: The trend has been increasing for some time

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Rusakova, Alina - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 2 (2012) 3, pp. 17-26

Entrepreneurial self-employment in Germany has undergone a strong upturn in the last 20 years. The number of self-employed people rose by 40 percent between 1991 and 2009. The reasons for this development are the catch-up processes in eastern Germany, structural change towards the service...

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Verdienen Selbständige tatsächlich weniger als Angestellte?

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander S.; Sorgner, Alina - In: DIW Wochenbericht 82 (2015) 7, pp. 134-141

. However, solo entrepreneurship pays for those with a university entrance degree (Abitur) but no further professional …

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Stepping forward : personality traits, choice of profession, and the decision to become self-employed ; conference paper

Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina - 2013

We argue that entrepreneurial choice proceeds in at least two steps, with vocational choice nearly always preceding choice of employment status, whether that be self-employment or dependent employment. Since the two decisions are interrelated, analysis of entrepreneurial choice as a single act...

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Micro-level Evidence on the Survival of German Manufacturing Industries - A Multidimensional Analysis

Schindele, Yvonne; Fritsch, Michael; Noseleit, Florian - 2010

Several empirical studies showed that it is not the level of entrepreneurial activity itself, but the (long-term) survival and growth of new firms that determine the direct and indirect contribution of new businesses to regional employment. To this end, the aim of this paper is to analyze the...

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Start-ups, Long- and Short-Term Survivors and their Effect on Regional Employment Growth

Fritsch, Michael; Noseleit, Florian - 2010

We investigate the effects that regional start-up activity has on employment in new and in incumbent businesses. The analysis is performed for West German regions over the 1987-2002 period. It shows that the effects of new businesses on employment in the incumbents are significantly positive and...

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Does Quality make a Difference? Employment Effects of High- and Low-Quality Start-ups

Fritsch, Michael; Schroeter, Alexandra - 2010

entrepreneurship policy, which can be derived from our findings. …

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Unternehmensgründungen nehmen zu, wenn die Konjunktur abflaut

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander S.; Pijnenburg, … - In: DIW Wochenbericht 80 (2013) 12, pp. 3-8

Führen wirtschaftliche Rezessionen und hohe Arbeitslosigkeit zu mehr Gründungen oder machen sich Menschen eher in Phasen wirtschaftlicher Prosperität selbständig? In jüngerer Zeit hatte eine Unterauslastung der volkswirtschaftlichen Kapazitäten eher stimulierende, ein Konjunkturaufschwung...

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