Government expenditure and entrepreneurial activity: considering the types of entrepreneurial motivations

Wondwossen Kiflu Woldemichael, Younghwan Kim and Wonjoon Kim

Applied Economics Letters, 2025, vol. 32, issue 10, 1421-1425

Abstract: As a cross-national study, we analyze the relationship between the functional-level government expenditure and the different types of entrepreneurship, that is, whether it is an opportunity- or necessity-based entrepreneurship. Our analysis of 17 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) nations revealed that government investments in economic affairs are positively related to opportunity-driven entrepreneurship, but negatively to necessity-driven entrepreneurship. On the other hand, government spending on education is positively related to necessity-driven entrepreneurship. Further, we find that larger government expenditure on education in Asian countries encourages more entrepreneurs to start their businesses than the rest of the OECD.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2024.2305671

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