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Does persistence in start-up activity reflect persistence in social capital?
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2015
Emerging literature shows that spatial differences in entrepreneurship tend to persist over longer periods of time. A potential mechanism underlying this pronounced persistence is that high levels of start-up activity lead to the emergence of a regional culture and a supporting environment in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011348206
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Persistence of regional entrepreneurship: Causes, effects, and directions for future research
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2017
and the effect this persistence has on development. It is argued that a regional culture of entrepreneurship plays an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011663362
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Self-employment and well-being across institutional contexts
Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina; Wyrwich, Michael - 2018
-friendly institutions in a country are conducive to the well-being of self-employed. Remarkably, the quality of entrepreneurial institutions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011985500
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Types of Institutions and Well-Being of Self-Employed and Paid Employees in Europe
Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina; Wyrwich, Michael - 2019
affected both occupational groups in opposite ways. Our findings indicate that labor market institutions do not play an …This paper analyzes the role of different types of institutions, such as entrepreneurship-facilitating entry conditions …, labor market regulations, quality of government, and perception of corruption for individual well-being among self …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059066
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Types of institutions and well-being of self-employed and paid employees in Europe
Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina; Wyrwich, Michael - 2019
affected both occupational groups in opposite ways. Our findings indicate that labor market institutions do not play an …This paper analyzes the role of different types of institutions, such as entrepreneurship- facilitating entry … conditions, labor market regulations, quality of government, and perception of corruption for individual well-being among self …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012109747
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The value orientation of entrepreneurs in challenging institutional contexts: Insights from a unique historical episode
Wyrwich, Michael - 2020
Previous research suggests that entrepreneurs value autonomy more than non-entrepreneurs do across countries and institutional contexts. However, most evidence exists for contexts with more or less entrepreneurship-facilitating and stable institutional frame-work conditions while we do not know...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389628
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The effect of regional entrepreneurship culture on economic development: Evidence for Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2014
We use the historical self-employment rate as an indicator of a regional culture of entrepreneurship and link this measure to economic growth in recent periods. The results indicate that German regions with a high level of entrepreneurship in the mid- 1920s have higher start-up rates about 80...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369318
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TV and entrepreneurship
Slavtchev, Viktor; Wyrwich, Michael - 2017
free-market economy and the socialistic East Germany with centrally-planned economy, some East German regions had access to … compatible with the free-market economy principles and supportive of entrepreneurship. We show that during the 40 years of … and informal institutions broke the traditional ties linking entrepreneurship to the characteristics of individuals so …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011714542
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TV and entrepreneurship
Slavtchev, Viktor; Wyrwich, Michael - 2017
Can TV influence the entrepreneurial decisions of individuals? To identify causal effects, we utilize a quasi-natural experiment, namely that during the division of Germany after WWI into the capitalistic West Germany and the socialistic East Germany, West TV was exogenously available only in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011788766
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Does persistence in start-up activity reflect persistence in social capital?
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2015
Emerging literature shows that spatial differences in entrepreneurship tend to persist over longer periods of time. A potential mechanism underlying this pronounced persistence is that high levels of start-up activity lead to the emergence of a regional culture and a supporting environment in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295784