The Effect of Entrepreneurship on Economic Growth: A Panel Approach in MENA Countries

Aydoğan, Ebru Tomris; Sevencan, Ayşe

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-75913-5_17

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“…According to the GEM database, in the past 20 years, less than 50 countries per year on average are covered. Brás and Soukiazis (2019) pointed out that the TEA focuses mostly on developed countries, which led other researchers, namely, Biltagy et al (2017), Aydoğan and Sevencan (2018), Sánchez (2018) and González-Sánchez et al (2020) to use the self-employment rate as an alternative proxy for entrepreneurship.…”

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Do refugee inflows contribute to the host countries’ entrepreneurial rates? A dynamic panel data analysis, 2000–2019

Noorbakhsh

Teixeira

2023

JEC

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Purpose This study aims to estimate the impact of refugee inflows on host countries’ entrepreneurial rates. The refugee crisis led to an increased scientific and public policy interest in the impact of refugee inflows on host countries. One important perspective of such an impact, which is still underexplored, is the impact of refugee inflows on host countries entrepreneurial rates. Given the high number of refugees that flow to some countries, it would be valuable to assess the extent to which such countries are likely to reap the benefits from increasing refugee inflows in terms of (native and non-native) entrepreneurial talent enhancement. Design/methodology/approach Resorting to dynamic (two-step system generalized method of moments) panel data estimations, based on 186 countries over the period between 2000 and 2019, this study estimates the impact of refugee inflows on host countries’ entrepreneurial rates, measured by the total early-stage entrepreneurial activity (TEA) rate and the self-employment rate. Findings In general, higher refugee inflows are associated with lower host countries’ TEA rates. However, refugee inflows significantly foster self-employment rates of “medium-high” and “high” income host countries and host countries located in Africa. These results suggest that refugee inflows tend to enhance “necessity” related new ventures and/ or new ventures (from native and non-native population) operating in low value-added, low profit sectors. Originality/value This study constitutes a novel empirical contribution by providing a macroeconomic, quantitative assessment of the impact of refugee from distinct nationalities on a diverse set of host countries' entrepreneurship rates in the past two decades resorting to dynamic panel data models, which enable to address the heterogeneity of the countries and deal with the endogeneity of the variables of the model.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Do refugee inflows contribute to the host countries’ entrepreneurial rates? A dynamic panel data analysis, 2000–2019

Noorbakhsh

Teixeira

2023

JEC

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“…Berthold and Grundler (2012) suggested that previous studies on the response of economic growth to entrepreneurship have been scarce until the end of the 1980s. Later, the literature extended with the theory of endogenous growth (Aydoğan and Sevencan, 2018). However, Carree and Thurik (2010) noted that most endogenous growth models overlooked the technological and economic impacts of entrepreneurship.…”

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“…However, given the scarcity of these studies, those focusing on developing and developed countries are also explored. In a sample of 20 Middle East and North African countries over the period 1971-2014, Aydoğan and Sevencan (2018) used a linear Cobb-Douglas production function to examine the response of economic growth to entrepreneurship. The selfemployment rate has been used as a proxy of entrepreneurship, while the empirical analysis has been done using the panel fixed effects estimator.…”

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The Impact of Entrepreneurship on Economic Growth in 95 Developing and Emerging Countries

Zouita¹

2021

Sci. Ann. Econ. Bus.

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The Effect of Entrepreneurship on Economic Growth: A Panel Approach in MENA Countries

Cited by 2 publications

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Do refugee inflows contribute to the host countries’ entrepreneurial rates? A dynamic panel data analysis, 2000–2019

Do refugee inflows contribute to the host countries’ entrepreneurial rates? A dynamic panel data analysis, 2000–2019

The Impact of Entrepreneurship on Economic Growth in 95 Developing and Emerging Countries

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