Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander S.; Rusakova, Alina - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 2 (2012) 3, pp. 17-26
Entrepreneurial self-employment in Germany has undergone a strong upturn in the last 20 years. The number of self-employed people rose by 40 percent between 1991 and 2009. The reasons for this development are the catch-up processes in eastern Germany, structural change towards the service...