Do demographics influence aggregate entrepreneurship?

Olivier Lamotte (1) , Ana Colovic (2)

1 ESG Management School
2 Rouen Business School

Analysing a cross-country panel of 53 countries from 2001 to 2009, we find that the age distribution of a population is related to entrepreneurial activity. More specifically, a high share of young people in a country positively influences nascent entrepreneurship, whereas a high share of older people has a negative influence.

Mots clés: entrepreneurship; demographics; aging; population distribution

Domaines: Economies et finances; Gestion et management

Olivier Lamotte, Ana Colovic. Do demographics influence aggregate entrepreneurship?. Applied Economics Letters, 2013, 20 (13), pp.1206-1210. ⟨10.1080/13504851.2013.799747⟩. ⟨hal-02907093⟩