In Germany self-employment among foreigners increased significantly in recent years. We study the geographical distribution of ethnic minority self-employment in Germany and find determinants for variations in start-up activities across 440 administrative German regions. We analyze the Statistic...

The economic expansion of the late 1990s created many opportunities for business creation in Silicon Valley, but the opportunity cost of starting a business was also high during this period because of the exceptionally tight labor market. A new measure of entrepreneurship derived from matching...

Das Projekt verfolgt folgende Zielsetzungen: Untersuchung der Anzahl und Entwicklung von Unternehmensgründungen im Hightech-Sektor - unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Hersteller und Anwender von Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie (IKT) und Software - in Deutschland sowie Analyse...