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Analysis of the determinants of entrepreneurial intention: the case of Burkina Faso

2018

International audience; In this study, we propose to analyze students' entrepreneurial intention, drawing on Lazear's (2004) self-selection model. This model captures the role of "human capital" in employment assignment and emphasizes the importance of the variety of skills in the individual's entrepreneurial orientation. For this purpose, we have a database collected in 2017 from over 1000 students at Ouaga I and Ouaga II universities in Burkina Faso. The results of estimates obtained using the quantile regression method show a positive and significant effect of the diversity of skills on the intention score, mainly at the median level. Even if the effect is not strong, this result support…

quantile regression.Entrepreneurial intentionstudentsJEL: J - Labor and Demographic Economics/J.J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor/J.J2.J24 - Human Capital • Skills • Occupational Choice • Labor Productivity[SHS.EDU]Humanities and Social Sciences/Education[SHS.EDU] Humanities and Social Sciences/Educationvariety of skillsJEL: L - Industrial Organization/L.L2 - Firm Objectives Organization and Behavior/L.L2.L26 - EntrepreneurshipJEL: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods/C.C2 - Single Equation Models • Single Variables/C.C2.C21 - Cross-Sectional Models • Spatial Models • Treatment Effect Models • Quantile Regressions[SHS.ECO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance[SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance
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The Influence of Religion on Life Satisfaction in Italy

2021

Italy is the cradle of Catholicism and, despite the secularization process, religion continues to be part of its national culture. Although Italian sociologists have investigated the religious paradigm in Italy, there are aspects of such phenomenon still little explored. This paper examines the potential influence religion has on individuals’ life satisfaction. Data from the European Value Study survey provides evidence of a two-way interaction between religion and life satisfaction, with a substantial effect only in the case of public religious forms. This association seems to be moved by the mechanism of social support, and it differs across Italian regions. Results confirm the hypothesis…

social isolationreligiousnesssatisfaction with lifeItalienWohlbefindensoziale IsolationSociology & anthropologyregression analysisEuropean Values Study 2017: Integrated Dataset (EVS 2017) [subjective well-being; life satisfaction; ZA7500]well-beinglife satisfactionReligionssoziologieReligiositätsocial supportLebenszufriedenheitregional differenceReligionregionaler UnterschiedRegressionsanalysesubjective well-beingItalySoziologie AnthropologiereligionSettore SPS/07 - Sociologia GeneraleSociology of Religionddc:301soziale UnterstützungEVS10200
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