Entrepreneurship Selection and Performance

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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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper ; No. 03-046/3

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Labor Demand ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials ; New Firms; Startups
• Subject: Meta-analysis ; schooling ; education ; entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; performance ; occupational choice. ; Bildungsertrag ; Entrepreneurship-Ansatz ; Selbstständige ; Schätzung

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): van der Sluis, Justin ; van Praag, Mirjam ; Vijverberg, Wim
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Tinbergen Institute
• (where): Amsterdam and Rotterdam
• (when): 2003

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/85797
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET