Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/110992 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
Papers on Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy No. 0105
Publisher: 
Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena
Abstract: 
It is now widely acknowledged that the entrepreneurial capacity in an economy is a key determinant of economic growth and productivity improvements. This paper uses survey data from the 15 EU Member States and the US to establish the effect of demographic and other variables on latent and actual entrepreneurship. Latent entrepreneurship is measured by the probability of a declared preference for self-employment over employment. Other than demographic variables such as gender, age and education level, the set of explanatory variables used includes country specific effects, the perception by respondents of administrative complexities and of availability of financial support and a rough measure of risk tolerance. The most striking result is the lack of explanatory power of the perception of lack of available financial support in the latent entrepreneurship equation.
Subjects: 
Entrepreneurship
self-employment
administrative complexities
access to finance
risk attitudes
probit regression
JEL: 
M13
J23
R12
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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