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What makes an entrepreneur and does it pay? : native men, Turks, and other migrants in Germany

Constant, Amelie; Shachmurove, Yochanan; Zimmermann, … - 2003

This paper focuses on the entrepreneurial endeavors of immigrants and natives in Germany. We pay closer attention to Turks, since they are the largest immigrant group with a strong entrepreneurial tradition, and the self-employed Turks in Germany represent about 70% of all Turkish entrepreneurs...

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Entrepreneurship in the region : breeding ground for nascent enterpreneurs?

Mueller, Pamela (contributor) - 2005

Statistics to study nascent entrepreneurship. In particular, micro data from the GSOEP characterizing employees and nascent …-up activity, strongly indicate that regions with strong tradition in entrepreneurship are a breeding ground for nascent … entrepreneurs. -- Entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; young and small firms ; GSOEP …

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Entrepreneurial ventures and wage differentials between Germans and immigrants

Constant, Amelie (contributor); … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

. -- entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; occupational choice ; immigrants ; wage ; differentials …

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'I Want to, But I Also Need to' - Start-Ups Resulting from Opportunity and Necessity

Caliendo, Marco - 2010

When unemployed persons go into business, they often are characterized as necessity entrepreneurs, because push factors, namely their unemployment, likely prompted their decision. In contrast to this, business founders who have been previously employed represent opportunity entrepreneurs because...

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The Making of Entrepreneurs in Germany : Are Native Men and Immigrants Alike?

Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2021

This paper uses a state of the art three-stage technique to identify the characteristics of the self-employed immigrant and native men in Germany and to understand their underlying drive into self-employment. Employing data from the German Socioeconomic Panel 2000 release we find that...

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What Makes an Entrepreneur and Does it Pay? Native Men, Turks, and Other Migrants in Germany

Constant, Amelie F.; Shachmurove, Yochanan; Zimmermann, … - 2021

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Necessity and opportunity entrepreneurs and their duration in self-employment : evidence from German micro data

Block, Jörn; Sandner, Philipp - 2009 - Version of October 2006

implications of our findings for entrepreneurship-policy making, and give suggestions to improve governmental start-up programs. …

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"I Want to, But I Also Need to" : Start-Ups Resulting from Opportunity and Necessity

Caliendo, Marco - 2010

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What makes a 'jack-of-all-trades'?

Oberschachtsiek, Dirk - 2009

mit der Kompetenzdimension verbunden zu sein scheint. -- entrepreneurship ; "Jack-of-all-Trades" ; competence ; desire …

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Human capital diversity and entrepreneurship : results from the regional individual skill dispersion nexus on self-employment activity

Oberschachtsiek, Dirk - 2013 - This version: 20.12.2013

fact that human capital on the individual and regional levels may be interrelated in affecting entrepreneurship. We use … the level of entrepreneurship activity via individual and aggregated pathways and that the price elasticity of diverse …

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