The Role of Entrepreneurship in Economic Inequality

A Review and Future Research Agenda

DOI

10.2991/aebmr.k.210601.071How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Entrepreneurship, Economic Inequality, Emerging Economies, Literature Review, Quantitative Analysis

Abstract

This paper seeks to examine the role of entrepreneurship in economic inequality, whether entrepreneurial activities reduce or increase economic inequality. After clarifying the related concepts, we conducted both qualitative and quantitative analyses to evaluate the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic inequality. We summarized 313 articles and performed correlation analysis using collected data in ten typical countries in both emerging and mature economies. Our findings show that the role of entrepreneurship varies depending on the degree of economic development. Specifically, entrepreneurship can help reduce economic inequality in emerging economies, and might widen economic inequality in mature economies.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Fungleong Chan
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/06/02
TI  - The Role of Entrepreneurship in Economic Inequality
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Enterprise Management and Economic Development (ICEMED 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 400
EP  - 405
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.210601.071
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.210601.071
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