How to analyse determinants of entrepreneurship and self-employment at the country level? A methodological contribution

Ondřej Dvouletý

Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 2018, vol. 9, issue C, 92-99

Abstract: The aim of the article was to empirically support a hypothesis, that no matter what measure of entrepreneurship or self-employment we choose at the country level, the determinants indicate the same direction of impact. Methodologically, four measures of entrepreneurial and self-employment activity were utilized as dependent variables in regression models. Entrepreneurial activity in the article was operationalized by Eurostat and OECD self-employment rates, and by Global Entrepreneurship Monitor rates of established business ownership rate and total early-stage entrepreneurial activity (TEA). Based on the obtained results, the determinants of entrepreneurship and self-employment influence all four presented measures in the same direction.

Keywords: M2; M1; L260; Measuring entrepreneurship; Comparability; Entrepreneurial activity; Self-employment rate; Established business ownership rate; Total early-stage entrepreneurial activity; Regression analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbvi.2018.03.002

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