The Persistence of Regional Entrepreneurship - Are all types of Self-Employment Equally Important?

Michael Fritsch () and Michael Wyrwich

No 2015-008, Jena Economics Research Papers from Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; self-employment; new business formation; entrepreneurship culture; persistence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 O11 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-06-29
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