Mobility and Entrepreneurship in Ecuador: A Pseudo-Panel Approach

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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Main Author: Inter-American Development Bank
Other Authors: Xavier Ordeñana
Format: Working Papers biblioteca
Language:English
Published: Inter-American Development Bank
Subjects:Social Development, J16 - Economics of Gender • Non-labor Discrimination, L26 - Entrepreneurship, M13 - New Firms • Startups, income Mobility, social mobility, Pseudo-panel, Entrepreneurship,,
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011391
https://publications.iadb.org/en/mobility-and-entrepreneurship-ecuador-pseudo-panel-approach
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Summary: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).