We compare, based on German data, the income of self-employed individuals with and without employees with the income of …

comparative analysis of the development of entrepreneurship in East and West Germany after World War II. The introduction of an … decades later were major historical shocks to the economy in general, and to entrepreneurship specifically. Our comparative … analysis of East and West Germany assesses how these shocks affected the level of entrepreneurship at the regional level …

Several studies confirm a positive relationship between age and entrepreneurship. This paper analyses if this statement … entrepreneurship this paper further adds to existing literature by separating regions into different categories along the urban …-rural hierarchy. The results confirm the finding that entrepreneurship is a positive function of age. Individuals above 55 and 64 have …

-specific determinants of entrepreneurship also remain relatively constant over time. Another explanation could be the existence of a … regional entrepreneurship culture. Such an entrepreneurial culture could maybe even outwear considerable 'jumps' in the … regional entrepreneurship in three different scenarios with different degrees of changes of the economic conditions. The basic …

, focussing specifically on poor performance enterprises, a prevalent but disregarded type of entrepreneurship. Using German panel … data (1984-2015), I find that self-employment (compared to employment) typically negatively impacts on life satisfaction …

start-up behaviour. We combine historical self-employment data (entrepreneurial tradition) with a psychological measure for … culture of entrepreneurship is positively related not only to the level of new business formation but also the amount of …

: the entrepreneurship rate and the fraction of small firms fall with per capita income across countries, while average firm …'s potential payoffs in working and in entrepreneurship. If some firms consistently benefit more from technological progress than …