Empirical studies show low pecuniary returns of switching from wage employment to entrepreneurship. We reconsider the … transfers is used as an exclusion restriction to identify causal effects. The model is estimated on data covering the whole … indicate that the average returns to entrepreneurship are significantly negative for individuals entering entrepreneurship …

self-employment rates. With representative German data and unconditional quantile regression analysis we show that an …

Based on the notion that entrepreneurship is a 'local event' , the literature argues that selfemployed workers and … Germany and the UK whether the self-employed are less likely to move or migrate than employees. Using longitudinal data from …

critical in emerging economies, as individuals' occupational choices can drive economic development. Using data on 3637 …

; Entrepreneurship ; Germany ; Count Data Model …-up activities of foreigners in the time period 2001-2005. Moreover we apply a count data model on the number of business …

classified as being in the "creative class" as compared to the noncreative class. The analysis is based on micro data for … an important effect of an individual's profession on his or her decision to run an own business. -- Entrepreneurship …

critical in emerging economies, as individuals' occupational choices can drive economic development. Using data on 3637 …

significant barrier to small-firm creation. -- self-employment ; entrepreneurship ; micro-lending …