RT Journal Article
T1 Disparities in entrepreneurial activity and attitude across EU countries
A1 Angulo-Guerrero, María José
A1 Pérez-Moreno, Salvador Jesús
A1 Abad-Guerrero, Isabel María
K1 Empresarios - Unión Europea
AB The levels and characteristics of entrepreneurship differ widely across EU countries and  regions. Taking as reference data provided by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) on  entrepreneurial activity and entrepreneurial attitude, this paper analyzes the disparities in  entrepreneurship indicators among EU member countries in 2007 and 2013, highlighting the  most significant changes that occurred during the Great Recession. Some of the major indices  of inequality are calculated (Gini, Theil and Atkinson) and the change in the Gini coefficient  between these two years is additively decomposed into mobility and progressivity components. Overall, we find that cross-national inequalities tend to increase in the procyclical aspects of  entrepreneurial activity and attitude, while they tend to decrease in the countercyclical aspects. For entrepreneurial activity indicators, we reveal that heterogeneity increases in indicators such  as opportunity-driven entrepreneurial activity and total entrepreneurial activity, while  necessity-driven entrepreneurial activity becomes more homogeneous across countries. Regarding entrepreneurial attitudes, disparities among countries decrease in all indicators,  except in perceived opportunities, for which cross-national inequality grows considerably  during the crisis period.
PB Taylor and Francis Group
YR 2017
FD 2017-02-21
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/33957
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/33957
LA eng
NO Angulo-Guerrero, M. J., Pérez-Moreno, S., & Abad-Guerrero, I. M. (2017). Disparities in entrepreneurial activity and attitude across EU countries. European Planning Studies, 25(4), 680–702. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2017.1287163
NO FC14-ECO-16)
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026