Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/85797
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 03-046/3
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Abstract: 
This meta-analytical review of empirical studies of the impact of schooling on entrepreneurship selection and performance in developing economies looks at variations in impact across specific characteristics of the studies. A marginal year of schooling in developing economies raises enterprise income by an average of 5.5 percent, which is close to the average return in industrial countries. The return varies, however, by gender, rural or urban residence, and the share of agriculture in the economy. Furthermore, more educated workers typically end up in wage employment and prefer nonfarm entrepreneurship to farming. The education effect that separates workers into self-employment and wage employment is stronger for women, possibly stronger in urban areas, and also stronger in the least developed economies, where agriculture is more dominant and literacy rates are lower.
Subjects: 
Meta-analysis
schooling
education
entrepreneurship
self-employment
performance
occupational choice.
JEL: 
J23
J24
J31
M13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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