Emprendimiento y crecimiento económico: Análisis cuantitativo en América Latina, basado en el informe del Global Entrepreneurship Monitor periodo 2010-2018

Abstract

Abstract:The issue of entrepreneurship has gained importance within economies due to the implications it presents on economic growth. Based on this, this research examines the influence of macroeconomic factors on the entrepreneurial activity rate (TEA) in Latin America during the period 2000-2018. The most influential variables in the country's economy were analyzed, such as GDP, unemployment, and spending on research and development. For the study, a panel data methodology was used, due to the structure of the database used, made up of 19 annual data of the different variables analyzed for the different countries considered, which allowed determining the level of incidence that the macroeconomic variables versus the TEA. The results obtained showed that, in the case of the different Latin American countries analyzed, the GDP variable has a positive influence on the TEA, while unemployment and R+D spending have a negative influence. With these results it was possible to validate and refute the different hypotheses raised in the research, based on the scientific literature.