Fritsch, Michael (Professor of Business Dynamics, Innovation, and Economic Change, University of Jena)

Rusakova, Alina (Economist)

2010-001

creative class

cultural creativity

Entrepreneurship

new business formation

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, self-employment 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 Panel (SOEP). We find, indeed, some significant links between entrepreneurship and cultural creativity that deserve further investigation.