Regional Entrepreneurship Culture and Growth

Michael Fritsch () and Michael Wyrwich

Chapter Chapter 6 in Regional Trajectories of Entrepreneurship, Knowledge, and Growth, 2019, pp 69-94 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract We use the historical self-employmentHistorical self-employment rate and take it as an instrument to analyze the effect of entrepreneurship on economic growth in recent periods. The results indicate that German regions with a high level of entrepreneurship in the early twentieth century have higher start-up rates at the end of the century. The remarkable long-term effect of historical self-employment rates indicates the presence of a regional culture of entrepreneurship that is an important resource for the persistence of entrepreneurship. Furthermore, when using historical self-employment rates as an instrument for start-up activity, we find that there is a significant effect of start-up activity on regional employment growth.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Economic development; Self-employment; New business formation; Entrepreneurship culture; Institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-97782-9_6

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