Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP), we analyze whether necessity entrepreneurs differ from opportunity entrepreneurs in terms of self-employment duration. Using univariate statistics, we find that opportunity entrepreneurs remain in self-employment longer than...

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP), we analyze whether necessity entrepreneurs differ from opportunity entrepreneurs in terms of self-employment duration. Using univariate statistics, we find that opportunity entrepreneurs remain in self-employment longer than...

This paper analyzes the determinants of start-up satisfaction of nascent entrepreneurs. Using a large sample of nascent entrepreneurs in Germany, we identify a group of nascent entrepreneurs that “cannot get satisfaction” with their start-up, not because their start-up fails to deliver...