Fritsch, Michael; Bublitz, Elisabeth; Rusakova, Alina; … - 2012
collapse of the East German state in 1989. It took about 15 years until self-employment levels in East Germany reached those of … West Germany. Despite this catch up, we find a number of peculiarities in East German self-employment that appear to be a … imprint, we also find considerable continuity in the levels of self-employment in the 1920s and those after transition to a …