PubData Leuphana Repository: Nascent and Infant Entrepreneurs in Germany. Evidence from the Regional Entrepreneurship Monitor (REM)

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Resource type	Working Paper
Title(s)	Nascent and Infant Entrepreneurs in Germany. Evidence from the Regional Entrepreneurship Monitor (REM)
DOI	10.48548/pubdata-1181
Handle	20.500.14123/1244
Creator	Wagner, Joachim 0000-0001-6058-4536 129798215
Abstract	Based on data from a recent representative survey of the adult population in Germany this paper documents that the patterns of variables influencing nascent and infant entrepreneurship are quite similar and broadly in line with our theoretical priors – both types of entrepreneurship are fostered by the width of experience and a role model in the family, and hindered by risk aversion, while being male is a supporting factor. Results of this study using cross section data are in line with conclusions from longitudinal studies for other countries finding that between one in two and one in three nascent entrepreneurs become infant entrepreneurs, and that observed individual characteristics – with the important exception of former experience as an employee in the industry of the new venture - tend to play a minor role only in differentiating who starts and who gives up.
Language	English
Keywords	Entrepreneur; Germany; Deutschland; Unternehmer; Unternehmensgründung
Year of publication in PubData	2005
Publishing type	First publication
Publication version	Published version
Date issued	2005-07-06
Creation context	Research
Published by	Medien- und Informationszentrum, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
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