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We explore the country-specific institutional characteristics likely to influence an individual's decision to become an entrepreneur. We focus on the size of the government, on freedom from corruption, and on 'market freedom' defined as a cluster of variables related to protection of property...
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corruption, weaker property rights and especially intellectual property rights, and a larger state on entrepreneurs who plan to …
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Along with political and economic changes, the fall of the socialist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union brought about fundamental institutional reforms. Several studies have examined the causes of the increasing unhappiness which accompanied the transition process,...
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"We analyze a large stratified random sample of firms that provide us with measures of performance and each firm's top manager's perception of the severity of business environment constraints faced by his/her firm. Unlike most existing studies that rely on external and aggregated proxy measures...
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agriculture and focus on the literature on entrepreneurship in Africa's structural transformation. I present a conceptual model to …
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conclude that policies to support young entrepreneurs in rural Africa should not only focus on creating conditions that attract …Africa is not only the poorest and most rural continent, it is also the most youthful continent in terms of population … young adults to start enterprises, but to also enable young entrepreneurs to improve productivity in already existing …
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Output per worker is lower in poor countries than in rich countries, and relatively more so in the agricultural sector. Sorting of heterogeneous workers can contribute to explain this fact if comparative and absolute advantage are aligned in agriculture, implying that average productivity in...
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Limited access of entrepreneurs to credit constrains the creation and growth of private firms. In Africa, access to … entrepreneurs with productive technologies, while firm growth depends on acquired capital. The shortage of collateral creates a … productive entrepreneurship and private sector employment in Africa. -- credit constraints ; productive entrepreneurship …
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We explore the export performance of Africa's underperforming female entrepreneurs, using the Ghanaian ISSER-IGC panel … and security concerns, are more deeply felt by female entrepreneurs. This may hint at the exclusion of Africa's females … of key business constraints, across both male and female entrepreneurs. We find that females are less likely to export …
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entrepreneurs want - and less on existing institutions. …
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