Entrepreneurship Selection and Performance : A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Education in Developing Economies

This meta-analytical review of empirical studies of the impact of schooling on entrepreneurship in selection and performance in developing economies looks at variations impact across specific characteristics of the studies. A marginal year of schoo...

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Main Authors: van der Sluis, Justin, van Praag, Mirjam, Vijverberg, Wim
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
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Published: Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/17747435/entrepreneurship-selection-performance-meta-analysis-impact-education-developing-economies
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spelling okr-10986-164772021-04-23T14:03:29Z Entrepreneurship Selection and Performance : A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Education in Developing Economies van der Sluis, Justin van Praag, Mirjam Vijverberg, Wim entrepreneurship education nonfarm employment wage employment labor markets This meta-analytical review of empirical studies of the impact of schooling on entrepreneurship in selection and performance in developing economies looks at variations 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. 2014-01-03T18:31:24Z 2014-01-03T18:31:24Z 2005-09-28 Journal Article http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/17747435/entrepreneurship-selection-performance-meta-analysis-impact-education-developing-economies World Bank Economic Review doi:10.1093/wber/lhi013 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16477 English en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research :: Journal Article
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topic entrepreneurship
education
nonfarm employment
wage employment
labor markets
spellingShingle entrepreneurship
education
nonfarm employment
wage employment
labor markets
van der Sluis, Justin
van Praag, Mirjam
Vijverberg, Wim
Entrepreneurship Selection and Performance : A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Education in Developing Economies
description This meta-analytical review of empirical studies of the impact of schooling on entrepreneurship in selection and performance in developing economies looks at variations 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.
format Journal Article
author van der Sluis, Justin
van Praag, Mirjam
Vijverberg, Wim
author_facet van der Sluis, Justin
van Praag, Mirjam
Vijverberg, Wim
author_sort van der Sluis, Justin
title Entrepreneurship Selection and Performance : A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Education in Developing Economies
title_short Entrepreneurship Selection and Performance : A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Education in Developing Economies
title_full Entrepreneurship Selection and Performance : A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Education in Developing Economies
title_fullStr Entrepreneurship Selection and Performance : A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Education in Developing Economies
title_full_unstemmed Entrepreneurship Selection and Performance : A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Education in Developing Economies
title_sort entrepreneurship selection and performance : a meta-analysis of the impact of education in developing economies
publisher Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/17747435/entrepreneurship-selection-performance-meta-analysis-impact-education-developing-economies
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16477
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