Resource Wealth and Entrepreneurship: A Blessing or a Curse?

Resource-rich countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have the highest youth unemployment rate in the world. While other parts of the world are experiencing an increasing trend in new firms’ formation as a potential solution for their unemployment problem, the MENA region has the lowest...

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出版年:MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 24-2012)
第一著者: Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza
フォーマット: Arbeit
言語:英語
出版事項: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2012
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要約:Resource-rich countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have the highest youth unemployment rate in the world. While other parts of the world are experiencing an increasing trend in new firms’ formation as a potential solution for their unemployment problem, the MENA region has the lowest records in new business establishments. In this study, we investigate the reasons behind such a significant lag of the resource-rich countries in entrepreneurship. Panel data for more than 80 countries from 2004-2009 shows that higher dependence on resource rents reduces entrepreneurship activities. The decline is more significant in countries with higher levels of point resources such as oil and coal.
ISSN:1867-3678
DOI:10.17192/es2024.0138