data from 1992 to 2005 on 97 German regions to analyze recent convergence in self-employment rates. An astonishing catching …

chosen self-employment. Two questions are addressed using large scale labour force survey data for the UK. The first concerns … entrepreneurship on the basis of stated motivation, but with no evidence that being 'forced' into entrepreneurship through economic … necessity is a significant factor. Motivation towards entrepreneurship is therefore highly multidimensional. Multivariate …

is an important element of life satisfaction. Fixed-effects regressions using German Socio-Economic Panel data (1984 …

and drastic changes in the politic-economic environment. We thus conclude that regional entrepreneurship cultures do exist …

The 40 years of socialist regime in East Germany were characterized by a massive anti-entrepreneurship policy. We … investigate the reemergence of entrepreneurship in East Germany during its transformation to a market economy following the … market economy, suggesting the existence of a long-lasting regional entrepreneurship culture. …

I present a theory on the relationship between educational choice and entrepreneurship in a labour market with …-ability individuals choose to quit school and become entrepreneurs. Using a comprehensive set of Norwegian register data, I find that this … entrepreneurship rates in the population. …

worker-firm-owner data. In contrast to most existing studies, our notion of entrepreneurship not only comprises self …We examine the origins and outcome of entrepreneurship on the basis of exceptionally comprehensive Norwegian matched …-employment, but also employment in partly self-owned limited liability firms. Based on this extended entrepreneurship concept, we find …

Entrepreneurship literature (Parker 2004) has rarely considered spatial location as a micro-determinant of occupational …