Publications

My research profile is available at Google Scholar, ResearchGate, RePEc.

• 1. Fritsch, M., A. Sorgner, and M. Wyrwich (2023): Are Senior Entrepreneurs Happier than Who? The Role of Income and Health. IZA Discussion Paper No. 16534. 

  2. Sorgner, A. and M. Wyrwich (2023): The Re-allocation of Entrepreneurial Talent During Transition from Socialism to Market Economy: Some Conceptual Thoughts. In: Günther, J. et al. (eds.): Roadblocks to the Socialist Modernization Path and Transition: Evidence from East Germany and Poland. Palgrave McMillan.

  3. Sorgner, A. (2023): COVID-19 and Entrepreneurship. In: Zimmermann, K. (ed.): Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer Nature. 

  4. “The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Labor Markets in Developing Countries: A New Method with an Illustration for Lao PDR and Urban Viet Nam,” Journal of Evolutionary Economics 33, 707-736, 2023. (with Carbonero, F., J. Davies, E. Ernst, F.M. Fossen, and D. Samaan) link 

  5. "Introduction to the Handbook of Digital Entrepreneurship." In: Keyhani, M. et al. (eds.): Handbook of Digital Entrepreneurship. Edward Elgar, 2022. (with M. Keyhani, T. Kollmann, C. Hall, and A. Ashjari)

  6. "The Regional Impacts of Digitalization of Work on entrepreneurship in the United States". In Keyhani, M. et al. (eds.): Handbook of Digital Entrepreneurship. Edward Elgar, 2022. (with Fossen, F. and T. McLemore).

  7. Think20 Indonesia 2022 Policy Brief on "Bridging the Digital Literacy Gender Gap in Developing Countries" (an outcome of the Task Force on "Meaningful Digital Connectivity, Cyber Security, Empowerment") link

  8. "Calling Baumol: What telephones can tell us about the allocation of entrepreneurial talent in the face of radical institutional changes" (2022). Forthcoming in Journal of Business Venturing. (with Michael Wyrwich) link

  9. "New Digital Technologies and Heterogeneous Employment and Wage Dynamics in the United States: Evidence from Individual-Level Data" Forthcoming in Technological Forecasting and Social Change (with Frank Fossen). link

  10. "How Are Patented AI, Software and Robot Technologies Related to Wage Changes in the United States?" (2022). Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence. (with Frank M. Fossen and Daniel Samaan) link

  11. "Digitalization of Work and Entry into Entrepreneurship" (2021). Journal of Business Research, 25, 548-563 (with Frank Fossen).  link

  12. "The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Labour Market in Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Viet Nam". IZA Discussion Paper #14944 (with F. Carbonero, J. Davies, E. Ernst, F. Fossen, D. Samaan). link

  13. "Covid-19 Crisis and Digital Transformation: What are the Impacts on Gender Equality?" Opinion piece for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. link

  14. "Calling Baumol: What telephones can tell us about the allocation of entrepreneurial talent in the face of radical institutional changes" (2021). IZA Discussion Paper #14458 (with M. Wyrwich).  link

  15. "Types of institutions and well-being of self-employed and paid employees in Europe" (2021). Small Business Economics, 56, 877-901. (with M.Fritsch and M.Wyrwich). link

  16. "Gender and Industrialization: Developments and Trends in the Context of Developing Countries" (2021). Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development Working Paper Series, #1/2021 link  and IZA Discussion Paper #14160 link 

  17. "Self-Employment and Well-Being Across Institutional Contexts" (2019). Journal of Business Venturing, 34(6), (with M. Fritsch and M. Wyrwich). link 

  18. "The impacts of new digital technologies on gender equality in developing countries" (2019), Background Paper for the UNIDO's Industrial Development Report 2020. link

  19. "Mapping the Future of Occupations: Transformative and Destructive Effects of New Digital Technologies on Jobs" (2019). Foresight and STI Governance, Vol. 13. No. 2. P. 10–18. (with Frank Fossen). link

  20. "Technological Development, Changes on Labor Markets, and Demand for Skills" (2019). Foresight and STI Governance, Vol. 13. No. 2. P. 6–8. link

  21. "Historical Shocks and Persistence of Economic Activity: Evidence on Self-Employment from a Unique Natural Experiment" (2019). Regional Studies, 53(6), 790-802 (with Michael Fritsch, Michael Wyrwich, and Evgueny Zazdravnykh). link                

  22. "Worker Personality: Another Skill Bias Beyond Education in the Digital Age" (2019), German Economic Review, 20 (4), e254-e294. (with Eckhardt Bode, Stephan Brunow, and Ingrid Ott)  link

  23. "Entrepreneurship and Job Satisfaction: The Role of Age." In: C. Karlsson, M. Backman, & O. Kekezi (Eds., 2019): Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Ageing, 269-282. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. (with M. Fritsch and M. Wyrwich)

  24. "Bridging the Digital Gender Gap" (2018), T20 Policy Brief. (with Judith Mariscal, Gloria Mayne, and Urvashi Aneja) link

  25. "Achieving “25 by 25”: Actions to make Women’s Labour Inclusion a G20 Priority" (2018), T20 Policy Brief. (with Langou, Sachetti, Fuentes, de Sanfeliu, Drakeman, Ochoa, Robino, Branisa) link

  26. "Labor market opportunities for women in the digital age" (2018). Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal, 12: 1–8. (with Christiane Krieger-Boden) link

  27. "Entrepreneurial Career Paths: Occupational Context and the Propensity to Become Self-employed" (2018), Small Business Economics, 51(1), 129-152. (with Michael Fritsch) link

  28. "Persönlichkeit und Arbeitsmarkterfolg in Zeiten der Digitalisierung: Welche Merkmale helfen" (2018), Ökonomenstimme (with Eckhardt Bode, Stephan Brunow, and Ingrid Ott) link

  29. "Frauen und Jobs im digitalen Zeitalter" (2018), Gleichstellung in der Praxis, 2-2018 (with Christiane Krieger-Boden).

  30. "Die Automatisierung von Jobs: Sind Frauen wirklich stärker betroffen als Männer?" (2018), Zeitschrift des Deutschen Juristinnenbundes, 1, 24-26. link

  31. "Labor market opportunities for women in the digital age" (2018), Global Solution Papers (with Christiane Krieger-Boden) link

  32. "Frauen und Jobs im digitalen Zeitalter" (2018), Ökonomenstimme (with Christiane Krieger-Boden) link

  33. "Empowering Women in the digital age" (2017), G20 Insights, (with Christiane Krieger-Boden) link

  34. "The Automation of Jobs: A Threat for Employment or a Source of New Entrepreneurial Opportunities?" (2017) Foresight and STI Governance, vol. 11, no 3, pp. 37–48.  link

  35. "Do Entrepreneurs Really Earn Less?" (2017) Small Business Economics, 49, 251–272. (with Michael Fritsch and Alexander Kritikos) link

  36. "Empowering Women in the Digital Age" (2017), G20-Insights Policy Brief. (with Christiane Krieger-Boden) 

  37. The Women20 Study on the "Effects of Digitalization on Gender Equality within the G20 Economies" (2017) (with Christiane Krieger-Boden and Eckhardt Bode) 

  38. "Why did self-employment increase so strongly in Germany?" (2015) Entrepreneurship & Regional Development.  (with Michael Fritsch and Alexander Kritikos) link

  39. "Die Entwicklung der Wirtschaft in Ostdeutschland nach der Wiedervereinigung." Gesellschaft. Wirtschaft. Politik. 64 (2015), H. 2. (with Michael Fritsch and Michael Wyrwich)

  40. "Verdienen Selbständige wirklich weniger als Angestellte?" DIW-Wochenbericht, 82, No. 7, 134-141. (with Michael Fritsch and Alexander Kritikos) link

  41. “Non-cognitive skills, Occupational Choices, and Entrepreneurship: An Empirical analysis of Entrepreneurs’ Career Choices”. International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Small Business, 25(2), 208-230. link

  42. "Entrepreneurship and Creative Professions - A Micro-Level Analysis", in: Rolf Sternberg and Gerhard Krauss (eds.): Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Creativity, Cheltenham, Elgar (with Michael Fritsch). link

  43. "How Much of a Socialist Legacy? The Re-emergence of Entrepreneurship in the East German Transformation to a Market Economy" (2013), Small Business Economics (with Michael Fritsch, Elisabeth Bublitz, and Michael Wyrwich) link

  44. "Stepping Forward: Personality Traits, Choice of Profession, and the Decision to Become Self-Employed" (2013), Jena Economic Research Papers # 004- 2013 (with Michael Fritsch) link

  45. "Occupational Choice and Self-Employment: Are They Related?" (2013), Jena Economic Research Papers, # 001- 2013 (with Michael Fritsch) link

  46. "Self-Employment After Socialism: Intergenerational Links, Entrepreneurial Values, and Human Capital" (2012), in Obschonka, M. & Silbereisen, R. K. (eds.): Special Issue “Entrepreneurial development: Person and context”. International Journal of Developmental Science, 6, 167-175 (with Michael Fritsch). link

  47. "Die regionale Kultur unternehmerischer Selbständigkeit im Transformationsprozess". In Best, Heinrich und Everhard Holtmann (Hrsg.): Aufbruch der entsicherten Gesellschaft - Deutschland unterwegs nach der Einigung. Frankfurt: Campus, 2012. [The regional culture of entrepreneurial self-employment during the transformation process] (with Michael Fritsch, Elisabeth Bublitz, Yvonne Schindele, and Michael Wyrwich).

  48. "Berufstätigkeit und Entrepreneurial Choice – Welchen Einfluss hat die Berufstätigkeit auf die Entscheidung zur unternehmerischen Selbständigkeit?" In Köhler, Christoph und Alexandra Krause (Hrsg.): Arbeit als Ware? Zur Theorie flexibler Arbeitsmärkte, Bielefeld: transcript, 2012. [Occupations and entrepreneurial choice – how does the occupation influence the decision to become self-employed?] (with Michael Fritsch and Elisabeth Bublitz).

  49. "Self-Employment in Germany: The trend has been increasing for some time", in DIW Economic Bulletin, #3-2012 (with Michael Fritsch and Alexander Kritikos) Berlin, 2012. link

  50. "Selbständigkeit in Deutschland: Der Trend zeigt seit langem nach oben", in DIW Wochenbericht, #4-2012 (with Michael Fritsch and Alexander Kritikos) Berlin, 2012. link

  51. Item "Von (fast) Null auf Hundert: Selbstständigkeit nach der Wiedervereinigung" within the dossiers “Lange Wege der Deutschen Einheit“ der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (with Michael Fritsch, Michael Wyrwich and Yvonne Schindele), Jena, 2011.

  52. „Gründung und Selbständigkeit“, in „Die Welt in Zahlen 2011“, brand eins Verlag, Hamburg, 2010 (with Alexander Kritikos and Michael Fritsch)

  53. "Personality traits, Self-Employment, and Professions" (2010), Jena Economic Research Papers # 075- 2010 (with Michael Fritsch) link.

  54. "Entrepreneurship and Cultural Creativity" (2010), Jena Economic Research Papers # 001- 2010 (with Michael Fritsch) link

  55. "Identification of Business Cycle Phases using the TRAMO/SEATS Methodology", Moscow, 2006, MIEM (TU).