Mobility and Entrepreneurship in Ecuador: A Pseudo-Panel Approach

Xavier Ordeñana and Ramon Villa

No 4783, Research Department Publications from Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department

Abstract: Does entrepreneurship contribute to improving social mobility in Ecuador? This paper constructs a pseudo-panel to analyze the dynamic effect of entrepreneurship on Ecuadorian household incomes during the period 2002-2010. Using three estimation scenarios, the paper finds a significant level of unconditional mobility and an important effect of entrepreneurship (conditional mobility).

JEL-codes: J16 L26 M13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-07
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