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As the policy debate on entrepreneurship increasingly centers on firm growth in terms of job creation, it is important …
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We analyze whether start-up rates in different industries systematically change with business cycle variables. Using a unique data set at the industry level, we mostly find correlations that are consistent with counter-cyclical influences of the business cycle on entries in both innovative and...
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Germany experienced a unique rise in the level of self-employment in the first two decades following unification. Applying the non-linear Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique, we find that the main factors driving these changes in the overall level of self-employment are demographic...
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selectioninto entrepreneurship, we use changes in entry regulation into skilled trades. Estimation results are consistent with the …
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A common finding in the entrepreneurship literature is that business creation increases in recessions. This counter …-cyclical pattern is examined by separating business creation into two components: "opportunity" and "necessity" entrepreneurship … entrepreneurship, there are many challenges to creating a definition that is both objective and empirically feasible. We propose an …
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employee, while the median solo entrepreneur earns less. However, solo entrepreneurship pays for those with a university …
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unemployment. -- Entrepreneurship ; push and pull motives ; survival and failure ; job creation …
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as entrepreneurs than do persons with particularly low or high risks. -- Entrepreneurship ; Risk Attitudes ; Survival and …
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The self-employed are among those facing the highest probability of strong income losses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Governments in many countries introduced support programs to support the self-employed, including the German federal government, which approved a €50bn emergency aid program...
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Entrepreneurship is a local and dynamic phenomenon. We jointly investigate spatial spillovers and time persistence of … persistence of start-up activity, especially in the high-tech industry. This indicates that entrepreneurship is deeply rooted in … regions and underlines the importance of local entrepreneurship culture for new business formation. …
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