Entry Regulation and Entrepreneurship

Konferenzbeitrag

I exploit the amendment to the German Trade and Crafts Code in 2004 as a natural experiment to asses the causal effects of this reform on the probabilities of being self-employed and of transition into and out of self-employment using repeated cross sections (2002-2006) of German Microcensus data. I apply the Difference-in-Differences technique in logit models for four occupational groups. The results show that easing the educational entry requirement has fostered self-employment significantly for craftsmen after the reform by increasing the entry probability substantially, while exit rates remained unaffected. Similar, but weaker effects are found for the other occupational groups.

Object Details

• Language: Deutsch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2012: Neue Wege und Herausforderungen für den Arbeitsmarkt des 21. Jahrhunderts - Session: Regulation and Industrial Policy ; No. D21-V2

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economics of Regulation ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; New Firms; Startups

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Rostam-Afschar, Davud
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2012

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/62067
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET