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Regional Entrepreneurship Culture and Growth

In: Regional Trajectories of Entrepreneurship, Knowledge, and Growth

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  • Michael Fritsch

    (Friedrich Schiller University Jena)

  • Michael Wyrwich

    (University of Groningen)

Abstract

We use the historical self-employmentHistorical self-employment rate and take it as an instrument to analyze the effect of entrepreneurship on economic growth in recent periods. The results indicate that German regions with a high level of entrepreneurship in the early twentieth century have higher start-up rates at the end of the century. The remarkable long-term effect of historical self-employment rates indicates the presence of a regional culture of entrepreneurship that is an important resource for the persistence of entrepreneurship. Furthermore, when using historical self-employment rates as an instrument for start-up activity, we find that there is a significant effect of start-up activity on regional employment growth.

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  • Michael Fritsch & Michael Wyrwich, 2019. "Regional Entrepreneurship Culture and Growth," International Studies in Entrepreneurship, in: Regional Trajectories of Entrepreneurship, Knowledge, and Growth, chapter 0, pages 69-94, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:inschp:978-3-319-97782-9_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-97782-9_6
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    1. Jessica Birkholz, 2022. "Persistence of Regional Entrepreneurship Patterns: Quantity and Quality of Regional Business Opportunity Perception," Bremen Papers on Economics & Innovation 2204, University of Bremen, Faculty of Business Studies and Economics.
    2. Alejandro Almeida & Antonio Golpe & Raquel Justo, 2021. "From hot to cold: A spatial analysis of self‐employment in the United States," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 100(4), pages 1005-1023, August.
    3. Nicholas Kacher & Luke Petach, 2021. "Boon or Burden? Evaluating the Competing Effects of House-Price Shocks on Regional Entrepreneurship," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 35(4), pages 287-304, November.
    4. Nicholas Kacher, 2021. "Regional trajectories of entrepreneurship, knowledge, and growth: The role of history and culture," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 52(4), pages 2713-2715, December.
    5. Aurelia Bielawska, 2022. "Socially Responsible Activity of Micro-, Small-, and Medium-Sized Enterprises—Benefits for the Enterprise," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(15), pages 1-22, August.
    6. Bijedić, Teita & Butkowski, Olivier K. & Kay, Rosemarie & Suprinovič, Olga, 2020. "Bestimmungsfaktoren des regionalen Gründungsgeschehens - eine Machbarkeitsstudie," IfM-Materialien 280, Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn.
    7. Michael Fritsch & Korneliusz Pylak & Michael Wyrwich, 2022. "Historical roots of entrepreneurship in different regional contexts—the case of Poland," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 59(1), pages 397-412, June.
    8. Suprinovič, Olga & Kranzusch, Peter & Nielen, Sebastian & Kay, Rosemarie, 2021. "Entwicklung der Existenzgründungen in den Kreisen und kreisfreien Städten 2003-2019," Daten und Fakten 25, Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn.

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