Mobility and Entrepreneurship in Ecuador: A Pseudo-Panel Approach

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Author
Villa, Ramón
Date issued
July 2012
Subject
Social Development
JEL code
J16 - Economics of Gender • Non-labor Discrimination;
L26 - Entrepreneurship;
M13 - New Firms • Startups
Country
Ecuador
Category
Working Papers
Does entrepreneurship contribute to improving social mobility in Ecuador? This paper constructs a pseudo-panel to analyze the dynamic effect of entrepreneurship on Ecuadorian household incomes during the period 2002-2010. Using three estimation scenarios, the paper finds a significant level of unconditional mobility and an important effect of entrepreneurship (conditional mobility).
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