Die Novellierung der Handwerksordnung 2004 war ein gravierender Einschnitt in das Gefüge der deutschen Handwerkswirtschaft. In der vorliegenden Studie werden neue empirische Daten präsentiert, welche die Diskussion über die Auswirkungen dieser Reform anregen sollen. Diese Daten differenzieren...

Rostam-Afschar (2014) analyzes the impact of the deregulation of the German Trade and Crafts Code of 2004 on entrepreneurial activity, using German microcensus (MC) data. He finds a positive effect on market entry and self-employment and no change in exit probabilities. As these results...

This paper contributes to the literature of academic entrepreneurship by investigating the effect of a possible depreciation of academic knowledge after leaving the university. The possibility of a person's human capital depreciation has up to now mainly been used to explain forgone earnings due...

Human capital is known to be one of the most important predictors of a person's earnings. With regard to entrepreneurial success, founders' human capital is an important determinant of firm's employment growth as well. This paper investigates if the depreciation of a founder's academic knowledge...