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The long persistence of regional entrepreneurship culture: Germany 1925 - 2005
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2012
and drastic changes in the politic-economic environment. We thus conclude that regional entrepreneurship cultures do exist …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287256
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Who starts a business and who is self-employed in Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Rusakova, Alina - 2012
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287328
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Emergency aid for self-employed in the COVID-19 pandemic: A flash in the pan?
Block, Jörn Hendrich; Kritikos, Alexander; Priem, … - 2020
-time online-survey data with a total of more than 20,000 observations. We employ propensity score matching, making use of a rich …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012427943
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German financial state aid during COVID-19 pandemic: Higher impact among digitalized self-employed
Bertschek, Irene; Block, Jörn; Kritikos, Alexander; … - 2022
pandemic, the German federal government introduced a €50bn emergency aid program. Based on real-time online-survey data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013414467
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Do entrepreneurs really earn less?
Sorgner, Alina; Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander - 2014
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010435309
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Why did self-employment increase so strongly in Germany?
Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Sorgner, Alina - 2015
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481527
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Economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on entrepreneurship and small businesses
Belitski, Maksim; Günther, Christina; Kritikos, Alexander - 2021
'Economic Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Entrepreneurship and Small Businesses,' the paper comprises four parts: a … systematic review of the literature on the effect on entrepreneurship and small businesses; a discussion of four literature …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012600212
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Self-employment and economic performance: A geographically weighted regression approach for European regions
Pijnenburg, Katharina - 2013
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292673
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Business cycles, unemployment and entrepreneurial entry: First evidence from Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Pijnenburg, Katharina - 2013
extent it is the business cycle or the employment status influencing entry rates into entrepreneurship. Our analysis for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292674
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Pandemic depression: COVID-19 and the mental health of the self-employed
Caliendo, Marco; Graeber, Daniel; Kritikos, Alexander; … - 2022
longitudinal survey data from Germany, we reveal differential effects by gender: whereas self-employed women experienced a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013190398