The impact of regional age structure on entrepreneurship

Economic Geography

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 269-287

  Bönte, Werner ^a   Falck, Oliver ^b   Heblich, Stephan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age specific peer effects; Demography; Occupational choice; Regional entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

AGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENTREPRENEUR; OCCUPATION;

GERMANY;

EID: 72749114086     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2009.01032.x     Document Type: Article

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