Indigenous Ethnicity and Entrepreneurial Success in Africa: Some Evidence from Ethiopia
Indigenous Ethnicity and Entrepreneurial Success in Africa: Some Evidence from Ethiopia
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非洲土著民族与创业成功：来自埃塞俄比亚的一些证据
DOI：
10.1596/1813-9450-2534
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发表时间：
1999
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通讯作者：
T. Mengistae
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作者：
T. Mengistae
研究人员最近一直在问，为什么非洲的亚洲和欧洲少数民族似乎比土著民族在商业上更成功。作者提请注意非洲族裔群体之间似乎也存在企业所有权和业绩方面的巨大差异。在对埃塞俄比亚随机选择的中小型制造商进行分析后，他发现土著少数民族古拉格人拥有的企业通常比其他（主要或少数民族）群体拥有的企业表现更好。在其他条件相同的情况下，古拉奇拥有的企业通常规模较大，部分原因是它们作为初创企业规模更大，部分原因是它们增长速度更快。然而，古拉格企业主却是样本中受教育程度最低的族群。因为企业的规模和增长率也会随着企业家的教育程度而增加，如果其他企业的所有者没有比古拉格人受过更好的教育，那么其他企业的业绩可能会更差。事实上，从规模决定方程中删除教育变量会大大降低古拉奇经营的企业的估计优势。这表明观察到的种族影响可能表明不可测量能力的群体间差异。更重要的是，这意味着这种效应能否长期持续将取决于种族间教育投资差异的趋势。
Researchers have recently been asking why Asian and European minorities in Africa seem to be more successful in business than are people of indigenous ethnicity. The author draws attention to the significant disparity in business ownership and performance that seems to exist among African ethnic groups as well. After analyzing a random selection of small to medium-size manufacturers in Ethiopia, he finds that establishments owned by an indigenous minority ethnic group, the Gurage, typically perform better than those owned by other (major or minority) groups. Other things being equal, Gurage-owned businesses are normally large, partly because they are bigger as start-ups and partly because they grow faster. And yet Gurage business owners are the least educated ethnic group in the sample. Because the size and growth rate of a business also increases with the entrepreneur's education, the performance of other businesses would have been even worse if their owners hadn't been better educated than the Gurage. Indeed, dropping education variables from the size determination equation drastically reduces the estimated advantage of Gurage-run businesses. This suggests that the observed effect of ethnicity could be indicative of intergroup differences in unmeasured ability. More important, it means that whether or not the effect will persist in the long run will depend on the trend in interethnic differences in investment in education.
DOI：
10.1146/soc.718
发表时间：
1975-06
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作者：
W. Scott;J. Short;A. Inkeles;J. Coleman;N. Smelser;R. Turner;R. C. Fox;J. Blake;J. Hagan;K. Cook;D. Massey
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W. Scott;J. Short;A. Inkeles;J. Coleman;N. Smelser;R. Turner;R. C. Fox;J. Blake;J. Hagan;K. Cook;D. Massey
影响因子：
8.2
作者：
EVANS, DS
通讯作者：
EVANS, DS