Due to the pandemic-induced economic crisis, self-employed individuals are currently suering considerable income losses. The self-employed and the members in their households usually form an economic unit. As a consequence, the income cuts not only aect the self-employed themselves but also the...

Young firms are known to grow at a faster rate than incumbents. With administrative firm data from Germany, we show that the higher growth rates indeed translate into upward mobility within the firm size distribution. Young firms are therefore not only able to catch up, but also to grow larger...

Die Studie analysiert die Wohlstandseffekte des Gründungsgeschehens anhand der Daten des Umsatzsteuerpanels. Mittels einer Kohortenanalyse werden die Bestandsfestigkeit von Gründungen, der Umsatz, die Vorleistungsbezüge und Wertschöpfung sowie die Beschäfti-gung untersucht. Viele...

This paper utilizes German tax data to present evidence about the direct and indirect effects of new firm formation. Cohort analysis is applied to investigate survival, sales, inputs, and value added of start-up firms. Most drop-outs occur in the early years. We show that start-up...

Die Studie analysiert die Wohlstandseffekte des Gründungsgeschehens anhand der Daten des Umsatzsteuerpanels. Mittels einer Kohortenanalyse werden die Bestandsfestigkeit von Gründungen, der Umsatz, die Vorleistungsbezüge und Wertschöpfung sowie die Beschäfti-gung untersucht. Viele...

Established early stage investors decide to invest in new ventures after evaluating the propensity of success and the risk of failure. Consequently, it is of considerable importance that the new business owners have substantial 'skin in the game' and are thus highly committed to business...

This research note examines the relationship between start-up rates and GDP per capita growth in urban and rural regions in Germany. Hereby, we take into account that urban and rural areas differ markedly in their resource endowment for entrepreneurship, which might be responsible for different...