Skills and Youth Entrepreneurship in Africa: Analysis with evidence from Swaziland

Zuzana Brixiová Schwidrowski, Mthuli Ncube () and Zorobabel Bicaba

No wp-2014-131, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: The shortages of entrepreneurial skills have lowered search effectiveness of potential young entrepreneurs and the rate of youth start-ups. Our paper contributes to closing the gap in the entrepreneurship and development literature with a model of costly firm creation and skill differences between young and adult entrepreneurs. The model shows that for young entrepreneurs facing high costs of searching for business opportunities, support for training is more effective in stimulating productive start-ups than subsidies.

Keywords: Economic policy; Entrepreneurship; Structural adjustment (Economic policy); Mathematical optimization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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Journal Article: Skills and Youth Entrepreneurship in Africa: Analysis with Evidence from Swaziland (2015)
Working Paper: Skills and Youth Entrepreneurship in Africa: Analysis with Evidence from Swaziland (2014)
Working Paper: Skills and youth entrepreneurship in Africa: Analysis with evidence from Swaziland (2014)
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