Arbeitspapier
Do entrepreneurs really earn less?
Based on representative micro data for Germany, we compare the incomes of self-employed with those of wage workers. Our results show that the median self-employed entrepreneur with employees earns significantly more than the median salaried employee, while the median solo entrepreneur earns less. However, solo entrepreneurship pays for those with a university entrance degree but no further professional qualification as well as for those who were in the upper percentiles of the income distribution in their previous salaried job. Surprisingly, the variation in hourly incomes of solo entrepreneurs is higher than that of entrepreneurs with employees.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: DIW Discussion Papers ; No. 1425
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Entrepreneurship
Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
- Thema
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Income
Entrepreneurship
Self-Employment
Start-ups
Germany
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Sorgner, Alina
Fritsch, Michael
Kritikos, Alexander
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
- (wo)
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Berlin
- (wann)
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2014
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Sorgner, Alina
- Fritsch, Michael
- Kritikos, Alexander
- Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
Entstanden
- 2014
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