Type | Working Paper - IDB WP |
Title | Mobility and Entrepreneurship in Ecuador: A Pseudo-Panel Approach |
Author(s) | |
Issue | 319 |
Publication (Day/Month/Year) | 2012 |
URL | http://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/88984/1/IDB-WP-319.pdf |
Abstract | 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). |