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Testing the "residential rootedness"-hypothesis of self-employment for Germany and the UK
Reuschke, Darja; Ham, Maarten van - 2011
Germany and the UK whether the self-employed are less likely to move or migrate than employees. Using longitudinal data from … in employment status we found little evidence that the self-employed in Germany and the UK are more rooted in place than … ; rootedness hypothesis ; UK ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009516901
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Funding self-employment : the role of consumer credit
Kneiding, Christoph; Kritikos, Alexander - 2011
This paper investigates whether self-employed households use consumer loans - in particular instalment loans and overdrafts - to finance business activities. Controlling for financial and non-financial household variables we show that self-employed households particularly use personal overdrafts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009517869
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Testing the "residential rootedness"-hypothesis of self-employment for Germany and the UK
Reuschke, Darja; Ham, Maarten van - 2011
Germany and the UK whether the self-employed are less likely to move or migrate than employees. Using longitudinal data from … in employment status we found little evidence that the self-employed in Germany and the UK are more rooted in place than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009389123
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Are self-employed really happier than employees? : an approach modelling adaptation and anticipation effects to self-employment and general job changes
Hanglberger, Dominik; Merz, Joachim - 2011
Empirical analyses using cross-sectional and panel data found significantly higher levels of job satisfaction for self-employed than for employees. We argue that those estimates in previous studies might be biased by neglecting anticipation and adaptation effects. For testing we specify several...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009235517
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The returns to education for opportunity entrepreneurs, necessity entrepreneurs, and paid employees
Fossen, Frank M.; Büttner, Tobias J. M. - 2012
We assess the relevance of formal education for the productivity of the self-employed and distinguish between opportunity entrepreneurs, who voluntarily pursue a business opportunity, and necessity entrepreneurs, who lack alternative employment options. We expect differences in the returns to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580842
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The returns to education for opportunity entrepreneurs, necessity entrepreneurs, and paid employees
Fossen, Frank M.; Büttner, Tobias J. M. - 2012
We assess the relevance of formal education for the productivity of the self-employed and distinguish between opportunity entrepreneurs, who voluntarily pursue a business opportunity, and necessity entrepreneurs, who lack alternative employment options. We expect differences in the returns to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009613684
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Drivers of self-employment : a multivariate decomposition analysis for the case of Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Sorgner, Alina - 2013
We analyze the sources of the rise in the levels of self-employment in Germany since reunification by applying the non …-linear Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique. This analysis is performed separately for East and West Germany in order to account … particular increase of solo-entrepreneurship. -- entrepreneurship ; Germany , non-linear Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009686473
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Polarisierung der Einkommen von Selbständigen? : zur Dynamik der Einkommensverteilung und der hohen Einkommen von Selbständigen und abhängig Beschäftigten
Merz, Joachim - 2006
Ist eine Polarisierung der Einkommen von Selbständigen festzustellen? Wie hat sich damit die Einkommensverteilung insgesamt und wie haben sich hohe Einkommen von Selbständigen und abhängig Beschäftigten seit den neunziger Jahren entwickelt? Das sind die zentralen Fragen, die wir in diesem...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003654824
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The dynamics of solo self-employment : persistence and transition to employership
Lechmann, Daniel S. J.; Wunder, Christoph - 2016
This study examines dynamics of solo self-employment. In particular, we investigate the extent of true state dependence and cross state dependence, i.e., whether experiencing solo self-employment causally affects the probability of becoming an employer in the future. We use data from the German...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011474259
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Taking a second chance : entrepreneurial restarters in Germany
Wagner, Joachim - 2002
Folklore has it that the comparatively low proportion of self-employed in Germany is in part due to a habit that might …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405814