The effect of regional entrepreneurship culture on economic development: Evidence for Germany

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We use the historical self-employment rate as an indicator of a regional culture of entrepreneurship and link this measure to economic growth in recent periods. The results indicate that German regions with a high level of entrepreneurship in the mid- 1920s have higher start-up rates about 80 years later. Furthermore, we find that the effect of current start-up activity on regional employment is significantly higher in regions with a pronounced entrepreneurial culture. We conclude that a regional culture of entrepreneurship is an important resource for regional growth.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Jena Economic Research Papers ; No. 2014-014

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Entrepreneurship ; Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes ; Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
• Thema: economic development ; entrepreneurship ; entrepreneurship culture ; institutions ; new business formation ; self-employment

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Fritsch, Michael ; Wyrwich, Michael
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Max Planck Institute of Economics
• (wo): Jena
• (wann): 2014

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/98454
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ