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In:
Economic Journal
116 (2006), 508, 45-83
| Paul Frijters, Bas van der Klaauw
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We investigate how institutional change—the transition from a socialist system to a western type market economy—relates to the re-emergence of entrepreneurship in East Germany. This region is particularly well suited for such a study because of the rapid change of the institutional framework and the possibility to use West Germany as a benchmark. It took about 15 years until self-employment levels ...
In:
Small Business Economics
43 (2014), 2, 427-446
| Michael Fritsch, Elisabeth Bublitz, Alina Sorgner, Michael Wyrwich
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We investigate the relationship between cultural creativity and entrepreneurship in two respects: first, cultural and personal creativity as a characteristic of self-employed individuals; second, selfemployment in professions that can be classified as belonging to the ‘Creative Class’ as compared to the non-creative class. The analysis is based on micro-data for individuals of the German Socio Economic ...
Jena:
Max Planck Institute of Economics,
2010,
(Jena Economic Research Papers Nr. 01/2010)
| Michael Fritsch, Alina Rusakova
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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 also perform the analysis for different types of professions, namely, those classified as being in the “creative ...
Berlin:
DIW Berlin,
2010,
(SOEPpapers 343)
| Michael Fritsch, Alina Rusakova
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Drawing on representative household data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we examine the role of an early precursor of entrepreneurial development – parental role models – for the individual decision to become self-employed in the post-unified Germany. The findings suggest that the socialist regime significantly damaged this mechanism of an intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurial attitudes ...
In:
International Journal of Developmental Science
6 (2012), 3-4, 167-175
| Michael Fritsch, Alina Rusakova
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It has widely been recognized that creativity plays an immense role not only for arts, sciences, and technology, but also for entrepreneurship, innovation, and thus, economic growth. We analyze the level and the determinants of self-employment in creative professions at the level of individuals. The analysis is based on the representative micro data of the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). The findings ...
Berlin:
DIW Berlin,
2013,
(SOEPpapers 538)
| Michael Fritsch, Alina Sorgner
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We argue that entrepreneurial choice proceeds in at least in two steps, with vocational choice nearly always preceding choice of employment status, whether that be self-employment or dependent employment. Since the two decisions are interrelated, analysis of entrepreneurial choice as a single act may lead to inconsistent estimates of the factors that determine the decision to launch a business venture. ...
Berlin:
DIW Berlin,
2013,
(SOEPpapers 539)
| Michael Fritsch, Alina Sorgner
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Gütersloh:
Bertelsmann Stiftung,
2008,
| Tobias Fritschi, Ben Jann
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Gütersloh:
Bertelsmann Stiftung,
2008,
| Tobias Fritschi, Tom Oesch
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Luxemburg:
Luxembourg Income Study (LIS),
1992,
(Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper No. 73)
| Johan Fritzell