Ethnic minority self-employment in Germany: Geographical distribution and determinants of regional variation

Arbeitspapier

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.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Thünen-Series of Applied Economic Theory - Working Paper ; No. 100

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Entrepreneurship ; New Firms; Startups ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions
• Thema: Ethnic Minority Business ; Entrepreneurship ; Germany ; Count Data Model ; Selbstständige ; Unternehmensgründung ; Ethnische Gruppe ; Unternehmer ; Räumliche Verteilung ; Schätzung

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Bruder, Jana ; Räthke-Döppner, Solvig
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Universität Rostock, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre
• (wo): Rostock
• (wann): 2008

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/39741
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ