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Entrepreneurship, self-employment and business data : an introduction to several large, nationally-representative datasets
Fairlie, Robert W.; Robb, Alicia M. - 2009
describe several of the most respected and up-to-date sources of data on entrepreneurs, the self-employed, and small businesses …, employment, payroll, profits and industry) from these datasets is contained in Fairlie and Robb (2008). -- Entrepreneurship … ; self-employment ; business owners ; small businesses ; data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824288
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Skills and youth entrepreneurship in Africa : analysis with evidence from Swaziland
Brixiova, Zuzana; Ncube, Mthuli; Bicaba, Zorobabel - 2014
unemployment. We test the role of skills and training for productive youth entrepreneurship on data from a recent survey of … of youth start-ups. Our paper contributes to closing a gap in the entrepreneurship and development literature with a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010358262
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Living in rural areas and self-employment
Belloc, Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; Velilla, Jorge - 2022
This paper examines whether workers living in rural areas are more likely to be self-employed, compared with those in urban areas. We provide evidence for 35 European countries, using the European Working Conditions Survey for the year 2015. We also study the time devoted to market work, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012821909
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Entrepreneurship and the business environment in Africa : an application to Ethiopia
Brixiova, Zuzana; Ncube, Mthuli - 2013
entrepreneurship in high-value added activities has made limited contributions to this growth, in part because of a weak business …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009787342
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Entrepreneurship among low-, mid- and high-income workers in South America : a fuzzy-set analysis
Velilla, Jorge; Molina, José Alberto; Ortega, Raquel - 2020
South America. Using data from the GEM APS for the period 2005-2017, we apply fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis …, allowing us to find causal links in the form of necessary conditions linked to entrepreneurship in the sample countries … gender. However, peer effects, the social perception of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial skills, and formal education seem …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012210675
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Enterprising women in Southern Africa : when does land ownership matter?
Brixiova, Zuzana; Kangoye, Thierry; Tregenna, Fiona - 2020
the model on data from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys in Eswatini, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe, we find land ownership to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012162904
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Entrepreneurship, institutions and skills in low-income countries
Brixiova, Zuzana; Égert, Balázs - 2017
This paper develops a model of costly firm creation in an economy with weak institutions, costly business environment as well as skill gaps where one of the equilibrium outcomes is a low-productivity trap. The paper tests the implications of the model using a cross-sectional dataset including...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011641557
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Determinants of business success : an examination of Asian-owned businesses in the United States
Robb, Alicia M. (contributor);  … - 2007
"Using confidential and restricted-access microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau, we find that Asian-owned businesses are 16.9 percent less likely to close, 20.6 percent more likely to have profits of at least $10,000, and 27.2 percent more likely to hire employees than white-owned businesses in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003433325
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Why are black-owned businesses less successful than white-owned businesses? : The role of families, inheritances, and business human capital
Fairlie, Robert W. (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
enough to create those extended clans that elsewhere were most helpful for businessmen and professionals." Using data from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002265135
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Assessing gender gaps in employment and earnings in Africa: the case of Eswatini
Brixiova, Zuzana; Imai, Susumu; Kangoye, Thierry; … - 2021
Persistent gender gaps characterize labor markets in many African countries. Utilizing Eswatini's first three labor market surveys (conducted in 2007, 2010, and 2013), this paper provides first systematic evidence on the country's gender gaps in employment and earnings. We find that women have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012517855