Based on German micro census data, this report compares the incomes of self-employed with those of employees. The analysis distinguishes between soloself- employed and self-employed with further employees and shows that the median self-employed with employees earns significantly more than the...

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...

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...

Mithilfe der Daten des Mikrozensus untersucht dieser Bericht die Einkünfte von Selbständigen und unterscheidet dabei zwischen Solo-Selbständigen und Selbständigen mit weiteren Beschäftigten. Danach lohnt sich der Schritt in die Selbständigkeit finanziell für viele, denn auch...

Mithilfe der Daten des Mikrozensus untersucht dieser Bericht die Einkünfte von Selbständigen und unterscheidet dabei zwischen Solo-Selbständigen und Selbständigen mit weiteren Beschäftigten. Danach lohnt sich der Schritt in die Selbständigkeit finanziell für viele, denn auch...

This paper investigates the factors that explain the level and dynamics of manufacturing firm productive efficiency. In our empirical analysis, we use a unique sample of about 39,000 firms in 256 industries from the German Cost Structure Census over the years 1992-2005. We estimate the...