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Why Did Self-Employment Increase so Strongly in Germany?
Fritsch, Michael - 2015
Germany experienced a unique rise in the level of self-employment in the first two decades following unification … employees and the overall level of self-employment in West Germany, their explanatory power is much lower for the stronger … increase of solo self-employment and of self-employment in former socialist East Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013028175
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Why Did Self-Employment Increase so Strongly in Germany?
Fritsch, Michael - 2015
Germany experienced a unique rise in the level of self-employment in the first two decades following unification … employees and the overall level of self-employment in West Germany, their explanatory power is much lower for the stronger … increase of solo self-employment and of self-employment in former socialist East Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013028409
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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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Personality traits, self-employment, and professions
Fritsch, Michael; Rusakova, Alina - 2010
We investigate the effect of broad personality traits' - the Big Five - on an individua's decision to become self-employed. In particular, we test an overall indicator of the entrepreneurial personality. Since we find that the level of self-employment varies considerably across professions, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008688983
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The impact on earnings when entering self-employment : evidence for Germany
Martin, Johannes - 2013
-employed workers in the German labor market are explored. Previous research based on US data reports lower incomes for entrepreneurs …. In contrast to that, the findings of this contribution suggest the opposite for German entrepreneurs. They have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009707609
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Self-employment and economic performance : a geographically weighted regression approach for European regions
Pijnenburg, Katharina - 2013
The self-employment rate includes entrepreneurs out of opportunity and entrepreneurs out of necessity. While the effect … of opportunity entrepreneurs on economic development should be positive, there should be no or a negative effect of … positive effect of self-employment on economic development in the GWR estimation have, on average, a lower self-employment rate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009722294
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Business cycles, unemployment and entrepreneurial entry : first evidence from Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Pijnenburg, Katharina - 2013
Germany reveals that start-up activities are positively influenced by unemployment rates and that the cyclical component of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009723596
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Business cycles, unemployment and entrepreneurial entry : first evidence from Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Pijnenburg, Katharina - 2013
Germany reveals that start-up activities are positively influenced by unemployment rates and that the cyclical component of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009723921
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Self-Employment and Economic Performance : A Geographically Weighted Regression Approach for European Regions
Pijnenburg, Katharina - 2013
The self-employment rate includes entrepreneurs out of opportunity and entrepreneurs out of necessity. While the effect … of opportunity entrepreneurs on economic development should be positive, there should be no or a negative effect of … positive effect of self-employment on economic development in the GWR estimation have, on average, a lower self-employment rate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013084456
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The Impact on Earnings When Entering Self-Employment – Evidence for Germany
Martin, Johannes - 2013
-employed workers in the German labor market are explored. Previous research based on US data reports lower incomes for entrepreneurs …. In contrast to that, the findings of this contribution suggest the opposite for German entrepreneurs. They have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013086984