-employed. In particular, we test an overall indicator of the entrepreneurial personality. Since we find that the level of self-employment … ; self-employment ; personality traits ; the Big Five ; professions …

Based on representative data, the German Micro-Census, we provide an overview of the development of self-employment and … background of these individuals, their education, previous employment status, and their income level. We observe a unique … increase in self-employment in Germany by 40 percent which can partly be attributed to the transformation process of East …

Based on representative data, the German Micro-Census, we provide an overview of the development of self-employment and … background of these individuals, their education, previous employment status, and their income level. We observe a unique … increase in self-employment in Germany by 40 percent which can partly be attributed to the transformation process of East …

Based on representative data, the German Micro-Census, we provide an overview of the development of self-employment and …-economic background of these individuals, their education, previous employment status, and their income level. We observe a unique … increase in self-employment in Germany by 40 percent which can partly be attributed to the transformation process of East …

Often, a person will become an entrepreneur only after a period of dependent employment, suggesting that occupational … choices precede entrepreneurial choices. We investigate the relationship between occupational choice and self-employment. The … unemployment and earnings risk, relatively many job opportunities, and high self-employment rates foster the founding of an own …

extent it is the business cycle or the employment status influencing entry rates into entrepreneurship. Our analysis for … of low and high unemployment periods reveals a "low unemployment retard effect". -- business cycle ; self-employment …

extent it is the business cycle or the employment status influencing entry rates into entrepreneurship. Our analysis for … of low and high unemployment periods reveals a "low unemployment retard effect". -- Self-employment ; business cycle …