For more than ten years the topics creative class, creative industries and creative regions are on the agenda in economic geography literature. Contributions mainly focus on the distribution, mobility and economic impact of creative individuals or companies from a regional perspective. It is...

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...

MINT- und Care-Berufe gelten als typisch männlich bzw. weiblich. Digitalisierung und demografischer Wandel bedingen jedoch eine radikale Veränderung von Berufsprofilen aufgrund neuer Tätigkeitserfordernisse sowie auch digitaler Transformationen in MINT- und Care-Berufen, die mit einer...

This paper tests social identity theory with respect to individuals' self-identification behavior. We report results from a laboratory experiment in which subjects choose their group membership, which is interpreted as decision to identify with the respective group. Inducing a trade-off between...