Metzler, Christoph: Disability and self-employment in Germany. 2020
Inhalt
- Acknowledgments
- Zusammenfassung auf Deutsch
- Abstract in English
- Table of Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- List of Abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Theoretical framework
- 2.1 Entrepreneurship and self-employment
- 2.2 Disability
- 2.3 Health
- 2.4 Disability and entrepreneurship
- 2.5 Summary and outlook
- Paper 1: The missing entrepreneurs: Disabled People and Entrepreneurship
- Abstract
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Research hypotheses
- 3.3 Empirical study design
- 3.4 Operationalization
- 3.5 Econometric analyses and results
- 3.6 Robustness checks
- 3.7 Discussion and implications
- Paper 2: Entrepreneurship and mental illness: a multi-layered relationship
- Abstract
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Divergent physical conditions of entrepreneurs – chances and limitations in current definitions
- 4.3 Prevalence of and societal attitude towards mental illness in Germany
- 4.4 A literature review on individual and societal factors that influence the choice of individuals with mental illness on becoming an entrepreneur
- 4.5 A model on the occupational choice of mentally ill individuals in entrepreneurship
- 4.6 Conclusion and further research
- Paper 3: The influence of disability and health self-perception on entering and leaving self-employment
- Abstract
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Research background
- 5.3 Research questions
- 5.4 Empirical study design
- 5.5 Results of the econometric analyses
- 5.6 Conclusion
- 6. Summary of the main findings
- 6.1 Theoretical implications
- 6.2 Managerial and policy implications
- 6.3 Implications for further research and remaining limitations
- 6.4 Conclusion
- 7. References
- 8. Appendix