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Entrepreneurship and creative professions : a micro-level analysis

Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina - 2013

also for entrepreneurship, innovation, and thus, economic growth. We analyze the level and the determinants of self … entrepreneur. Investigating the determinants of entrepreneurship within the creative class as compared to non-creative professions … reveals only some few differences. -- entrepreneurship ; new business formation ; creativity ; creative class …

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Are senior entrepreneurs happier than who? : the role of income and health

Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina; Wyrwich, Michael - 2023

We propose an extension of the standard occupational choice model to analyze the life satisfaction of senior entrepreneurs as compared to paid employees and particularly retirees in Germany. The analysis identifies income and health status as main factors that shape the relationship between...

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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 individual's decision to become self-employed. In particular, we test an overall indicator of the entrepreneurial personality. Since we find that the level of selfemployment varies considerably across professions, we...

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Different strokes for different folks : entrepreneurs' job satisfaction and the intersection of gender and migration background

Bijedić, Teita; Piper, Alan T. - 2018

economy and its entrepreneurial ecosystems. Relatedly, migrant entrepreneurship is a highly recognized topic within political … discussions as well as within entrepreneurship research. While there is already an impressive body of work regarding the nature …

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Occupational choice and self-employment : are they related?

Sorgner, Alina; Fritsch, Michael - 2013

choice ; occupation-specific determinants of entrepreneurship ; risk preferences ; taste for variety …

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