Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/321998 
Title (translated): 
Survey: One Year into the COVID-19 Crisis - Views of the Self-employed
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Data Documentation No. 113
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
In spring 2021, DIW Berlin, ZEW Mannheim, and the University of Trier conducted an online survey among self-employed persons to collect data about the situation of the self-employed in Germany one year after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The online survey was disseminated in cooperation with the Verband der Gründer und Selbstständigen Deutschland (VGSD) e.V. and other professional associations. The questionnaire includes 58 questions and focuses on the following topics: impact of the pandemic on the venture, financial situation during the pandemic, application for government support programs, business strategies to overcome the crisis, assessments of the future, well-being, and sociodemographic and business-related characteristics.
Subjects: 
self-employed
COVID-19 pandemic
Germany
entrepreneurship
economic crisis
financial aid
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Document Type: 
Research Report

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