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dc.contributor.authorBönte, Werneren
dc.contributor.authorFalck, Oliveren
dc.contributor.authorHeblich, Stephanen
dc.date.accessioned2008-01-23-
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-28T08:16:39Z-
dc.date.available2009-07-28T08:16:39Z-
dc.date.issued2007-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/26160-
dc.description.abstractDemographic change will be one of the major challenges for economic policy in the developed world in the next decades. In this article, we analyze the relationship between age structure and the number of startups. We argue that an individual's decision to start a business is determined by his or her age and, therefore, that a change in a region's age distribution affects the expected number of startups in the region. Using German regional data, we estimate a count-data model and find that the expected number of startups is positively influenced by the fraction of individuals of working age 20 64 years old. A more detailed analysis of the working-age distribution suggests that startups in knowledge-based (high-tech) manufacturing industries are affected by changes in this distribution whereas firms in other industries are not. In particular, increases in the fraction of individuals in the 20 30 age range and individuals in the 40 50 age range have a positive effect on the number of high-tech startups.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x2115en
dc.subject.jelJ1en
dc.subject.jelL26en
dc.subject.jelO3en
dc.subject.jelR11en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keyworddemographyen
dc.subject.keywordage distributionen
dc.subject.keywordentrepreneurshipen
dc.subject.keywordinnovationen
dc.subject.keywordregionen
dc.subject.stwUnternehmensgründungen
dc.subject.stwLebensalteren
dc.subject.stwUnternehmeren
dc.subject.stwHochtechnologiesektoren
dc.subject.stwRegionale Bevölkerungsentwicklungen
dc.subject.stwAltersstruktur der Bevölkerungen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleDemography and innovative entrepreneurship-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn557255139en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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