A PARTIAL LEAST SQUARE MODELLING FOR ANALYSIS THE IMPACT OF WELFARE TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLIMATE IN OECD COUNTRIES

Year 2020, Volume: 15 Issue: 2, 625 - 654, 30.10.2020

Ufuk Bingöl

https://doi.org/10.17550/akademikincelemeler.743075

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Socio-economic issues in countries all over the world affect the entrepreneurship ecosystem. The impact of socio-economic issues and developments on individuals' lives conceptualizes welfare. In this sense, the relationship between the welfare of the countries and the entrepreneurial climate is the object of interest. This study aims to investigate the impact of socio-economic welfare on entrepreneurial climate in OECD countries with the PLS-SEM method by using OECD's Better Life Index and Worldbank Ease of Doing Business Index for 2020. This study contributes to previous literature by reversing the analysis of the relationships between entrepreneurship and well-being. The model established with the assumption that all sub-indicators of the better life index positively impact the ease of doing business, only correlated with income, employment, and education indicators. However, there is only a positive and significant relationship between the education variable and ease of doing business at p <,001 level among these correlations. According to results, the duration in education, education level of the working-age population, and the increase in the PISA averages of the countries increase the ease of doing business in terms of entrepreneurship climate

Keywords

Better Life Index, Ease of Doing Business, PLS-SEM, Entrepreneurship

Thanks

I'd like to thank Dr. Harun YILDIZ for his fruitful training, endless support and friendship.

OECD ÜLKELERİNDE REFAHIN GİRİŞİMCİLİĞE ETKİSİNİN EN KÜÇÜK KISMİ KARELER YÖNTEMİ MODELLEMESİ İLE ANALİZİ

Abstract

Tüm dünyada ülkelerin sosyo-ekonomik özellikleri onların girişimcilik iklimlerini etkilemektedir. Sosyo-ekonomik sorun ve gelişmelerin bireylerin üzerindeki etkisi ise refahı kavramsallaştırmaktadır. Bu nedenle ülkelerin refah düzeyleri ile girişimcilik arasındaki ilişki araştırma konusudur. Bu çalışma, OECD ülkelerinde sosyo-ekonomik yönleriyle refahın girişimcilik iklimi üzerindeki etkisini 2020 yılı OECD Daha İyi Yaşam Endeksi ve Dünya Bankası İş Yapma Kolaylığı Endeksi verileri ve Kısmı En Küçük Kareler- Yapısal Eşitlik Modeli yöntemi ile incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bu çalışma önceki literatüre girişimcilik ve refaha olan etkisinin tersi boyutunu incelemek suretiyle literatüre katkı sağlamaktadır. Daha İyi Yaşam Endeksinin tüm alt başlıkları ile girişimcilik iklimini etkilemesi üzerine kurulan modelde yalnızca, gelir, eğitim ve istihdam başlıkları ile İş yapma Kolaylığı Endeksi arasında korelasyon tespit edilmiştir. Fakat bu korelasyonda, p <,001 düzeyinde yalnızca eğitim değişkeni ile pozitif ve anlamlı ilişki bulunmuştur. Çalışma sonuçlarına göre eğitimde geçen süre, çalışma çağındaki nüfusun eğitim seviyesi ve ülkelerin PISA ortalamalarının yükselmesi, iş yapma kolaylığı açısından girişimciliği iklimini olumlu etkilemektedir.

Keywords

Daha İyi Yaşam Endeksi, İş Yapma Kolaylığı Endeksi, Yapısal Eşitlik Modeli, Girişimcilik

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