- A-Z
- Jena Economic Resea...
- Volume 9
- The Persistence of ...
- Autor(in)
- Erschienen
- 25. Juni 2015
- Nummer des Discussion-Papers
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2015-008
- Schlagwort(e)
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Entrepreneurship
entrepreneurship culture
new business formation
persistence
self-employment
- Zusammenfsg.
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We explore the role of different types of self-employment for a persistence of the regional level of entrepreneurship over time. Our analysis for West German regions shows relatively strong effects for the historical self- employment rate in the non-agricultural sector, particularly in knowledge- intensive industries on current levels of new business formation. While self-employment by males shows a statistically significant relationship, the self-employment rate of females remains statistically insignificant. Also, no statistically significant effect can be found for the share of homeworkers that can be regarded a rather weak form of entrepreneurship.
- article pub. typess JER
- Research article
- article languages JER
- Englisch
- JEL-Classification for JER
- L26 - Entrepreneurship ; R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, and Changes ; O11 - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development