Corruption Shock in Mexico: fsQCA Analysis of Entrepreneurial Intention in University Students

Fernando Castelló-Sirvent and Pablo Pinazo-Dallenbach
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Fernando Castelló-Sirvent: Departamento de Organización de Empresas, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camí de Vera, s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Pablo Pinazo-Dallenbach: Área Empresa, Valencian International University, C/Pintor Sorolla, 21, 46002 Valencia, Spain

Mathematics, 2021, vol. 9, issue 14, 1-31

Abstract: Entrepreneurship is the basis of the production network, and thus a key to territorial development. In this line, entrepreneurial intention has been pointed out as an indicator of latent entrepreneurship. In this article, the entrepreneurial intention of university students is studied from a configurational approach, allowing the study of the combined effect of corruption perception, corruption normalization, gender, university career area, and family entrepreneurial background to explain high levels of entrepreneurial intention. The model was tested with the fsQCA methodology according to two samples of students grouped according to their household income (medium and high level: N = 180; low level: N = 200). Stress tests were run to confirm the robustness of the results. This study highlights the negative impact produced by corruption among university students’ entrepreneurial intention. Furthermore, the importance of family entrepreneurial background for specific archetypes like female, STEM, and low household income students is pointed out, as well as the importance of implementing education programs for entrepreneurship in higher education, and more specifically in STEM areas. Policies focused on facilitating the access to financial resources for female students and low household income students, and specific programs to foster female entrepreneurship, are also recommended.

Keywords: corruption perception; corruption normalization; gender; entrepreneurial intention; STEM; family entrepreneurial background; fsQCA; household income (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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