An Empirical Study for European Countries: Factors Afecting Economic Growth and Self-Employment by Gender

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Autori principali: González Sánchez, Victor Manuel, Martínez Raya, Antonio, de los Ríos Sastre, Susana
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author González Sánchez, Victor Manuel
Martínez Raya, Antonio
de los Ríos Sastre, Susana
author_facet González Sánchez, Victor Manuel
Martínez Raya, Antonio
de los Ríos Sastre, Susana
contents <p>Abstract: In economic literature, the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic growth<br>has been widely discussed for some time now. In addition to the di erent theoretical approaches,<br>a considerable amount of empirical works in recent decades have sought to verify the direct link<br>between both variables by analyzing datasets from several distinct geographic areas. On one hand,<br>it highlights the absence of a common indicator to measure entrepreneurship in practice relating to<br>a country’s economic growth; on the other hand, it shows a great diversity of factors determining<br>them. With the aim of providing new empirical evidence in the field of European entrepreneurship,<br>this paper has analyzed data relating to 31 European countries over the last decade by introducing<br>self-employment as an empirical proxy of entrepreneurship. In particular, this study contrasts the<br>positive e ect of public expenditure, investment, human capital, and entrepreneurship on economic<br>growth for a wide range of countries and examines the impact of some economic and educational<br>variables on self-employment, such as unemployment, taxes, education, and early school leaving.<br>The estimation method used in this research had to consider the Ordinary Least Squares through a<br>multiple regression model of constant coecients based on annual Eurostat statistics for the period<br>of 2010 to 2019. The results obtained verify the positive e ect of public expenditure, investment,<br>human capital, and entrepreneurship on economic growth. Moreover, the analysis of other factors<br>a ecting entrepreneurship, segregated by gender, shows how unemployment and the level of<br>education have a positive impact on self-employment, while significant increases in the tax rate on<br>capital and early school leaving harmed such variable. No significant di erences were found between<br>males and females.</p>
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spellingShingle An Empirical Study for European Countries: Factors Afecting Economic Growth and Self-Employment by Gender
González Sánchez, Victor Manuel
Martínez Raya, Antonio
de los Ríos Sastre, Susana
entrepreneurship
economic growth
self-employment
unemployment
taxes
education
early school leaving
<p>Abstract: In economic literature, the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic growth<br>has been widely discussed for some time now. In addition to the di erent theoretical approaches,<br>a considerable amount of empirical works in recent decades have sought to verify the direct link<br>between both variables by analyzing datasets from several distinct geographic areas. On one hand,<br>it highlights the absence of a common indicator to measure entrepreneurship in practice relating to<br>a country’s economic growth; on the other hand, it shows a great diversity of factors determining<br>them. With the aim of providing new empirical evidence in the field of European entrepreneurship,<br>this paper has analyzed data relating to 31 European countries over the last decade by introducing<br>self-employment as an empirical proxy of entrepreneurship. In particular, this study contrasts the<br>positive e ect of public expenditure, investment, human capital, and entrepreneurship on economic<br>growth for a wide range of countries and examines the impact of some economic and educational<br>variables on self-employment, such as unemployment, taxes, education, and early school leaving.<br>The estimation method used in this research had to consider the Ordinary Least Squares through a<br>multiple regression model of constant coecients based on annual Eurostat statistics for the period<br>of 2010 to 2019. The results obtained verify the positive e ect of public expenditure, investment,<br>human capital, and entrepreneurship on economic growth. Moreover, the analysis of other factors<br>a ecting entrepreneurship, segregated by gender, shows how unemployment and the level of<br>education have a positive impact on self-employment, while significant increases in the tax rate on<br>capital and early school leaving harmed such variable. No significant di erences were found between<br>males and females.</p>
title An Empirical Study for European Countries: Factors Afecting Economic Growth and Self-Employment by Gender
topic entrepreneurship
economic growth
self-employment
unemployment
taxes
education
early school leaving
url https://doi.org/10.3390/su12229450