The Role of Personal and Family Background in Making Entrepreneurs in a Post-Socialist Environment

Vyacheslav Dombrovsky () and Friederike Welter
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Vyacheslav Dombrovsky: Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies (BICEPS) and Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (SSE Riga)

No 2006-2, SSE Riga/BICEPS Research Papers from Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies (BICEPS), Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (SSE Riga)

Abstract: This paper sets out to investigate entrepreneurs in Latvia, which is one of the most advanced transition countries, having joined the European Union in 2004. Empirically, the paper draws on results from a representative survey of the Latvian population, based on the method of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, and complemented with additional questions related to the background and experiences of Latvian entrepreneurs. Results suggest that there are significant differences between personal characteristics and family background of entrepreneurs and nonentrepreneurs in Latvia. The biggest effects on entering entrepreneurship come from having parent entrepreneurs, sibling entrepreneurs, and having higher education.

Pages: 15 pages
Date: 2006
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