TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Aidis, Ruta
AU  - Estrin, Saul
AU  - Mickiewicz, Tomasz
        TI  - Entrepreneurial Entry: Which Institutions Matter?
        PY  - 2009/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 4123
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp4123
        AB  - In this paper we explore the relationship between the individual decision to become an entrepreneur and the institutional context. We pinpoint the critical roles of property rights and the size of the state sector for entrepreneurial activity and test the relationships empirically by combining country-level institutional indicators for 44 countries with working age population survey data taken from the Global Enterprise Monitor. A methodological contribution is the use of factor analysis to reduce the statistical problems with the array of highly collinear institutional indicators. We find that the key institutional features that enhance entrepreneurial activity are indeed the rule of law and limits to the state sector. However, these results are sensitive to the level of development.
        KW  - entrepreneurship
KW  - property rights
KW  - access to finance
        ER  -