and drastic changes in the politic-economic environment. We thus conclude that regional entrepreneurship cultures do exist …

Based on representative micro data for Germany, we compare the incomes of self-employed with those of wage workers. Our … employee, while the median solo entrepreneur earns less. However, solo entrepreneurship pays for those with a university …

Based on representative data, the German Micro-Census, we provide an overview of the development of self-employment and … entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2010, the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socioeconomic …

insurance system on the entry rate into entrepreneurship. In Germany, the public health insurance system is mandatory for most … based on representative household panel data for Germany, which include personal health information, and we account for … points, i.e. about a third of the average annual entry rate. The results show that the phenomenon of entrepreneurship lock …

necessity entrepreneurship. We use a geographically weighted regression (GWR) approach to analyze whether the effect of self … than regions with a significant negative effect. The concept of equilibrium rate of entrepreneurship is applied in an …

extent it is the business cycle or the employment status influencing entry rates into entrepreneurship. Our analysis for …

puzzle. The analysis is based on a large, representative panel data set for Germany, which provides information on asset …