Return migration and entrepreneurship in Cameroon

Sévérin Tamwo, Ghislain Stéphane Gandjon Fankem and Dieudonné Taka

No wp-2022-75, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: In this paper, we examine the determinants of the entrepreneurial behaviour of returnees to Cameroon based on original survey data from 2012. Contrary to the existing literature, we focus on the skills received from abroad without omitting the effect of savings. We distinguish between three types of competences related to qualifications. We also differentiate between the probability of starting a business in the primary sector and the probability of starting a business in the tertiary sector.

Keywords: Return migration; Skills; Entrepreneurship; Probit model; Endogeneity; Cameroon (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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