The Rich, The Poor and The Entrepreneur: Entrepreneurship Across Personal and Country Income Classes

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Abstract

We use individual survey data from 43 countries and show that the likelihood of an individual starting a business rises with personal income – whatever the country income class - but decreases with country income – whatever the relative personal income class. This twin facts need to be jointly explained by any model that aims at an explanation of the main determinants of entrepreneurship.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication5º Conferência Ibérica de Empreendedorismo
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings
PublisherEMPREEND
Pages79-82
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)978-989-97513-4-7
Publication statusPublished - 2015

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