PropertyValue
?:abstract
  • "This paper investigates the impact of implicit institutions on the decision to become an entrepreneur. Implicit institutions are here defined as mindsets that have developed as the result of norms and traditions and we expect they will have an influence on risk attitudes and opportunity recognition. We conduct a natural experiment based on Germany's recent history and compare individuals born and raised in the former socialist East Germany (GDR) with their West Germany (FRG) counterparts. Our analysis confirms the expected difference in values between individuals from East and West Germany and also shows that these differences influence the probability of being self-employed. In the process of our analysis, we also sketch the ongoing economical transition process in East Germany, which severely disturbs a proper analysis of the institutional differences from a macro-perspective."[...] "Using data from ALLBUS [1980-2006], a socioeconomic survey conducted on a sample of the German micro-census, we therefore compare individuals born in East Germany who emigrated to West Germany in the early days of the GDR, and hence are less likely to have absorbed socialist values, to individuals born in West Germany as well as to those born in East Germany who emigrated or fled to West Germany after the mid 1980s and hence are more likely to be influenced by socialist values. Our analysis confirms the expected value differences between West and East Germany and also finds that these differences have a significant impact on the probability of being self-employed. Particularly, early emigrants from the GDR turn out to be much more similar to individuals born and raised in West Germany, while late emigrants clearly show the effects of being treated with socialist institutions for a longer period of time." (xsd:string)
?:author
?:comment
  • (ALLBUS) (xsd:string)
?:dataSource
  • ALLBUS-Bibliography (xsd:string)
?:dateCreated
  • Aufgenommen: 24. Fassung, Februar 2010 (xsd:gyear)
?:dateModified
  • 2009 (xsd:gyear)
?:datePublished
  • 2009 (xsd:gyear)
?:duplicate
is ?:hasPart of
?:inLanguage
  • english (xsd:string)
?:issueNumber
  • 2009-044 (xsd:string)
is ?:mainEntity of
?:name
  • The Shadows of the Past. How Implicit Institutions Influence Entrepreneurship (xsd:string)
?:provider
?:publicationType
  • techreport (xsd:string)
?:reference
?:sourceInfo
  • (2009-044), 2009 (xsd:string)
  • Bibsonomy (xsd:string)
?:studyGroup
  • ALLBUS (xsd:string)
?:tags
  • 2009 (xsd:string)
  • ALLBUS (xsd:string)
  • ALLBUS1980-2006 (xsd:string)
  • ALLBUS_input2009 (xsd:string)
  • ALLBUS_pro (xsd:string)
  • ALLBUS_version24 (xsd:string)
  • FDZ_ALLBUS (xsd:string)
  • checked (xsd:string)
  • english (xsd:string)
  • techreport (xsd:string)
rdf:type
?:uploadDate
  • 29.03.2012 (xsd:gyear)