| By: |
Michael Fritsch (School of Economics and Business Administration, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena);
Alina Sorgner (School of Economics and Business Administration, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena) |
| Abstract: |
It has widely been recognized that creativity plays an immense role not only
for arts, sciences, and technology, but also for entrepreneurship, innovation,
and thus, economic growth. We analyze the level and the determinants of
self-employment in creative professions at the level of individuals. The
analysis is based on the representative micro data of the German
Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). The findings suggest that people in creative
professions appear more likely to be self-employed and that a high regional
share of people in the creative class increases an individual's likelihood of
being an entrepreneur. Investigating the determinants of entrepreneurship
within the creative class as compared to non-creative professions reveals only
some few differences. |
| Keywords: |
Entrepreneurship, new business formation, creativity, creative class |
| JEL: |
L26 Z1 D03 |
| Date: |
2013–01–10 |
| URL: |
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:jrp:jrpwrp:2013-005&r=cul |