- A-Z
- Jena Economic Resea...
- Volume 2
- The Geography and D...
- Autor(in)
- Erschienen
- 20. Februar 2008
- Nummer des Discussion-Papers
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2008-026
- Schlagwort(e)
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Bayesian Semiparametric Methods
Developing Countries
Entrepreneurship
Geoadditive Models
Self-employment
- Zusammenfsg.
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Entrepreneurship literature (Parker 2004) has rarely considered spatial location as a micro-determinant of occupational choice, although there are compelling reasons to posit that spatial location influences economic behavior. Using Bayesian semiparametric methodologies and geoadditive techniques, we examine spatial location as a micro-determinant of self-employment choice of Indians, in addition to standard determinants such as age, gender and education. The empirical analysis suggests the presence of spatial occupational neighborhoods and a clear north-south divide in self-employment choice in India when individuals of agricultural and nonagricultural sectors are considered together; however, such spatial patterns are less pronounced when individuals in nonagriculture alone are considered in the analysis. These residual spatial patterns are found to be inversely related to the per-capita GDP of the region. The results further suggest nonlinear relationships between age, wealth and the probability of self-employment.
- article pub. typess JER
- Research article
- article languages JER
- Englisch
- article research fields JER
- entrepreneurship
- JEL-Classification for JER
- J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; J43 - Agricultural Labor Markets ; J44 - Professional Labor Markets and Occupations ; L26 - Entrepreneurship