Skills and youth entrepreneurship in Africa: analysis with evidence from Swaziland

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dc.contributor.authorBrixiová, Zuzana
dc.contributor.authorNcube, Mthuli
dc.contributor.authorBicaba, Zorobabel
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-30T07:12:44Z
dc.date.available2024-04-30T07:12:44Z
dc.date.issued2014-07
dc.description.abstractThe shortages of entrepreneurial skills have lowered search effectiveness of potential young entrepreneurs and the rate of youth start-ups. Our paper contributes to closing a gap in the entrepreneurship and development literature with a model of costly firm creation and skill differences between young and adult entrepreneurs. The model shows that for young entrepreneurs facing high cost of searching for business opportunities, support for training is more effective in stimulating productive start-ups than subsidies. Further, the case for interventions targeted at youth rises in societies with high cost of youth unemployment. We test the role of skills and training for productive youth entrepreneurship on data from a recent survey of entrepreneurs in Swaziland.
dc.identifier.citationBrixiová, Z.; Ncube, M. and Bicaba, Z. (2014), Skills and youth entrepreneurship in Africa: Analysis with evidence from Swaziland, Working Paper Series N° 204 African Development Bank, Tunis, Tunisia.
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/Working_Paper_204_-_Skills_and_Youth_Entrepreneurship_in_Africa-_Analysis_with_Evidence_from_Swaziland.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://lhg.cput.ac.za//handle/123456789/309
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAfrican Development Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorking Paper Series; No. 204
dc.subjectEntrepreneurship
dc.subjectYouth -- Employment
dc.subjectMinority business enterprises
dc.subjectSmall business
dc.titleSkills and youth entrepreneurship in Africa: analysis with evidence from Swaziland
dc.typeTechnical Report
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