Ethnic Minority Self-Employment in Germany: Geographical Distribution and Determinants of Regional Variation

Jana Bruder and Räthke-Döppner, Solvig ()
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Räthke-Döppner, Solvig: University of Rostock
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No 100, Thuenen-Series of Applied Economic Theory from University of Rostock, Institute of Economics, Germany

Abstract: In Germany self-employment among foreigners increased significantly in recent years. We study the geographical distribution of ethnic minority self-employment in Germany and find determinants for variations in start-up activities across 440 administrative German regions. We analyze the Statistic of Business Notifications and provide an extensive overview about start-up activities of foreigners in the time period 2001-2005. Moreover we apply a count data model on the number of business registrations in a particular region. We find that business foundations by foreigners are mainly enhanced by population growth, a higher population density and a large fraction of foreigners on overall population.

Keywords: Ethnic Minority Business; Entrepreneurship; Germany; Count Data Model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 M13 C21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ent, nep-lab and nep-mig
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