MOBILITY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN ECUADOR: A DYNAMIC PSEUDO-PANEL APPROACH
Author
ORDEÑANA,XAVIER
VILLA,RAMÓN
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 20022010. Using dynamic panel estimation techniques and three estimation scenarios, the paper finds a significant level of unconditional mobility and an important effect of entrepreneurship (conditional mobility).