Does Higher Entrepreneurial Activity Correlate with Higher Level of Growth? Evidence from Thailand

Yanya, Muhammadsuhaimee; Abdul-Hakim, Roslan; Abdul-Razak, Nor Azam

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1869352

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“…In two studies conducted within developing countries, the level of income inequality was found to be significantly influenced by EA, though in different directions. Yanya, Abdul-Hakim, and Abdul-Razak (2011) found that higher levels of entrepreneurship were associated with greater income inequality in Thailand, whereas research based on entrepreneurs in Ethiopia found that income inequality was reduced when entrepreneurs were from low-income households (Kimhi, 2010). In one of the few multicountry studies, Beck, Demirguc-Kunt, and Levine (2005) using a sample of 45 countries concluded that there was a lack of evidence to support a relationship between the growth of small-and medium-sized businesses (a possible proxy for EA) and income inequality.…”

Section: Income Inequality and Eamentioning

confidence: 99%

Income Inequality, Entrepreneurial Activity, and National Business Systems: A Configurational Analysis

Lewellyn

2017

Business & Society

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This article explores how and why high levels of income inequality result from configurations of different types of entrepreneurial activities and elements of the institutional context in a multicountry sample. A configurational approach is used to unpack the complexities associated with how income inequality arises from different types of entrepreneurial activities embedded in different institutional contexts associated with Whitley's national business systems dimensions. The findings from fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis reveal that high levels of both high-growth and necessity entrepreneurial activity are associated with income inequality in certain contexts that are characterized by distinct institutional complementarities.

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Section: Income Inequality and Eamentioning

confidence: 99%