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Measuring Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries

Sameeksha Desai (desai@indiana.edu)

No RP2009-10, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper discusses the difficulties associated with measuring entrepreneurship in developing countries. Three important dichotomies in the research on entrepreneurship are discussed: formal-informal, legal-illegal, and necessity-opportunity. Several common measures of entrepreneurship are outlined along with their relevance to developing countries, including self-employment, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor data, World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Survey data and OECD data.

Keywords: Data processing econometrics; Economic development; Economic policy; Entrepreneurship; Informal sector (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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