Cultural hysteresis, entrepreneurship and economic crisisAn analysis of buffers to unemployment after economic shocks

Annie Tubadji, Peter Nijkamp and Vassilis Angelis

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2016, vol. 9, issue 1, 103-136

Abstract: Entrepreneurship has been advocated as one of the major solutions for coping with (youth) unemployment in Europe during the recent economic downturn. Entrepreneurial activity is generally co-determined by economic and cultural factors. However, cultural change normally requires a much longer time to take place than economic changes do. This may prompt a so-called cultural hysteresis effect in the efficiency of entrepreneurial incentives. To analyze these effects, data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (2003–2010) are used. A Two-Stage Least Square instrumental variable and a logit model with difference-in-differences are employed. We find that the cultural hysteresis is less prominent among Mediterranean countries. Moreover, it is almost negligible in the response to incentives by female youth.

Date: 2016
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