Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/267823 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2022/75
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
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. The main results, obtained from a probit model, show that: (i) degrees and qualifications and qualifications acquired abroad do not positively influence the probability of migrants to undertake a new activity once back home; in contrast, accumulated savings, captured by the time spent abroad, have a positive influence; (ii) other qualifications have no influence on the entrepreneurial behaviour of return migrants; and (iii) the entrepreneurial behaviour of return migrants is not oriented towards the primary sector but rather towards the tertiary sector. These results are robust when we account for endogeneity
Subjects: 
returnees
skills
entrepreneurship
probit model
endogeneity
Cameroon
JEL: 
C25
F22
J61
L26
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9267-206-5
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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